Agile Manifesto poster

Agile Manifesto poster

As a software engineer & manager, I’m a massive fan of the principles of Agile software development, as embodied in the Agile Manifesto. I really believe software development and the interaction between software development companies and their customers would be radically different if more people adopted these four basic values and twelve basic principles. But, somewhere in recent history, the word Agile has been hijacked by big companies and transformed into a synonym for iterative development. Now, while I’m a great believer in iterative development, it only works if it’s accompanied by the other principles of Agile development. Principles that are often ignored by big-business management include: Build projects around motivated...