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📅 September 18, 2020

Customer Collaboration Over Contract Negotiation

Software development works best when everyone is on the same team. We need to pull together to be most effective. However, the sub-groups and members of a team have differing goals. That is why we have things like contracts. We…

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📅 September 16, 2020

Working Software Over Comprehensive Documentation

We started this season with a focus on satisfying the customer. Since then, we have built a case for working software being the best way to achieve satisfaction. Thus, comprehensive documentation is valuable. However, not as useful to our primary…

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📅 September 14, 2020

Individuals and Interactions Over Processes And Tools

We shift slightly in our tour of the Agile Manifesto to focus on the opening statements. In this episode, we dig into the value of individuals and interactions while acknowledging processes and tools. The essential point in these opening statements…

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📅 September 11, 2020

Twelve Principles of the Agile Manifesto

We take a look at overall ideas from the twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto before moving on. There are some challenging concepts mixed in among recommendations that are very common. All of these can be applied in areas other…

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📅 September 9, 2020

Reflect on How To Become More Effective, Then Tune And Adjust

The final principle of the Agile Manifesto directs us to reflect on a project. We follow those eleven principles and then evaluate how we did so we can become more effective. This recommendation should not be a surprise. We can…

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📅 September 7, 2020

Self-Organizing Teams Produce The Best Results – An Agile Principle

We near the end of the focus on the agile principles with a bold statement. The idea of self-organizing teams producing the best results is a strong position. They are not merely better; they make the best products. I tend…

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