The Agile Wilderness: Summary of Agile Principle Changes

Summary of the agile principles articles:

I hope you have enjoyed this series on the 12 agile principles. I have included a summary of the updated principles and linked articles below. The words bolded are the changes suggested. Let me know which ones were your favorite changes and which ones you disagree with.

1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable?product increments. (Link to Article )
2. Respond to validated learning throughout product delivery.?Agile Processes?harness?learning?for the customer's competitive advantage. (Link to Article )
3. Deliver working software?as?frequently?as possible based on validated learning. (Link to Article )
4. Business and?technology?people must?collaborate?daily to?solve complex problems for our customers. (Link to Article )
5. Build?products/teams?around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done. (Link to Article )
6. The most efficient and effective method of sharing information is meeting together and seeing each other's non-verbal cues. (Link to Article )
7. Validated Learning?is the primary measure of progress. (Link to Article )
8. Agile?practices?promote sustainable development. The?team?should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely. (Link to Article )
9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enables agility. (Link to Article )
10. Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential to deliver value faster and reduce waste. (Link to Article )
11. The best?product solutions and outcomes?emerge from teams?who choose how they work together. (Link to Article )
12. At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then?takes action?to adapt its behaviors accordingly. (Link to Article )

Summary of the articles/ changes in table format:

As always please reach out with any questions. I will take a short break over the holidays and then be coming back with something around the product thinking space next year.

About the Author

Jeff Mortimer?(#theAgileMoose ) is an Agile Enthusiast with over 10+ years of experience working in various roles on agile teams including business analyst, product owner, scrum master, team leader, technical delivery manager and now an agile coach consultant focused on product transformations. In additional to his certifications in CBAP, AAC, CSP-PO, SAFe Agilist and SAFe LPM, Jeff?has presented at several conferences throughout North America and joined the blogger universe a couple years ago to bring a voice to the everyday agile practitioners. He also just received his EMBA at Quantics School of Business and Technology. He is a husband to an amazing intelligent wife who has her doctorate in math education, father to kids who bring him joy every day, friend that brews beer and plays soccer, and citizen who helps organize volunteers to give back to the community.

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