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Friday, May 25, 2007

AGILE IN ACTION: Constructive disruption and compromised agility

I found this an interesting read during my regular blog reads. good on you Simon.

VALUE
IF you don't repeatedly release software
into a production environment
at least once every month
that realises business value
for a real customer...

QUALITY
IF you're not paying constant attention to technical excellence
with simple, effective, incremental design
driven by continuous, repeatable automated testing
with at least 95% coverage...

LEARNING
IF you're not learning
by inspecting and reflecting every iteration
and you're not re-planning, adapting and improving
all of the time based on what you've learnt...

TEAM
IF your team is not empowered to self-organise and be creative,
does not sit together and engage in face-to-face communication,
does not include your customer
and all the necessary skills to make its own decisions and take immediate action...

THEN YOU HAVE COMPROMISED YOUR AGILITY

AGILE IN ACTION: Constructive disruption and compromised agility