Agile

Agile is a broad project management philosophy that emphasizes flexibility, collaboration, customer feedback, and iterative progress. Agile methodologies are designed to accommodate change and deliver value incrementally. Key principles include working software over comprehensive documentation and responding to change over following a plan.

The 12 principles of Agile are outlined in the Agile Manifesto, which serves as a guide for Agile development practices. These principles emphasize customer satisfaction, continuous delivery, and responsiveness to change. Here are the 12 principles:

  1. Customer Satisfaction: Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
  2. Welcome Change: Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage.
  3. Frequent Delivery: Deliver working software frequently, with a preference for a shorter timescale (weeks rather than months).
  4. Collaboration: Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
  5. Motivated Individuals: Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need and trust them to get the job done.
  6. Face-to-Face Conversation: The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.
  7. Working Software: Working software is the primary measure of progress.
  8. Sustainable Development: Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
  9. Technical Excellence: Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
  10. Simplicity: Simplicity—the art of maximizing the amount of work not done—is essential.
  11. Self-Organizing Teams: The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
  12. Reflection and Adjustment: At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.

These principles are designed to improve flexibility, promote collaboration, and ensure that the project delivers the highest possible value to the customer.