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The Agile Manifesto

We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:

Individuals and interactions
over processes and tools

Working software
over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration
over contract negotiation

Responding to change
over following a plan

While there is value in all of these items, we place higher value on individuals, interactions, working software, customer collaboration, and responding to change.

Agile Principles

We follow these principles:

  1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
  2. We welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage.
  3. We deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference for shorter time frames.
  4. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
  5. We build projects around motivated individuals. We give them the environment and support they need, and we trust them to get the job done.
  6. The most efficient and most effective method for conveying information within a development team is face-to-face conversation.
  7. Working software is the primary measure of progress.
  8. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
  9. Continuous attention is given to technical excellence. Good design enhances agility.
  10. Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is essential.
  11. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
  12. At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.

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