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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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📅 September 4, 2020

Simplicity – Avoid Doing Busywork

Simplicity is an integral part of satisfying the customer. Ideally, we would provide them a button to click that does everything they want. However, that is rarely possible. We build complex systems that require users to select how they want…

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📅 September 2, 2020

Good Design Enhances Agility

We have mentioned time and again that the goal of agile is satisfying the customer. However, each principle we explore provides ways to accomplish that goal. The principle we focus on in this episode reminds us that we are still…

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