The first Agile principle is “customer satisfaction by rapid delivery of useful software“. The thirds Agile principle is “Working software is delivered frequently (weeks rather than months)“, I actually think these two are very closely related. Both are about regular delivery, although point one stresses the “useful” aspect, implying business benefit needs to be achieved with each…
It has been a little while since I’ve made any posts related to running projects. I’ve been a little preoccupied with technical work! This is ironic because of the topic for this post. Here I look at the 9th principle in the Agile Manifesto, “continuous attention to technical excellence and good design”. For me this…
Projects are built around motivated individuals, who should be trusted, the 8th principle of Agile. Unfortunately this is so often not the case! I am sad to say I’ve observed multiple organisations with demotivated development teams whose ideas aren’t considered and where a culture of blame stifles any chance of creativity. If a company hires a developer,…
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