Re: What is agile?

Dear Michael,

I think this is a good explanation of what agile is all about. I am not
sure if it is *the* definition, but you did not claim it was. You merely
said it was *your* definition.

Knowing as much about agile values, principles and practices as many
people in this group, probably every experienced coach or practitioner
could come up with other ways of explaining what agile is and the other
definitions/explanations might be just as valid as yours, accentuating
different nuances. I believe that a good explanation or definition also
depends on the audience because it wants to make a positive impact on
them, considering their previous work experience as well as their
contextual knowledge about agile or lack thereof.

Imagining I was a newbie taking his first agile training class, I think
I would be well guided in thinking through the meaning of your words and
trying to adopt the principles you explained so well. For me this makes
it a good explanation. Consequently I am thanking you.

Kind regards
-- 
Alexander Kriegisch
https://scrum-master.de


Michael Wollin:

> My definition and description of agile. Thought some of you might be
> interested or want to comment.
> 
> What is agile?
> 
> The domain of Agile is in organizational structures, things like
> creating cross-functional teams that get things to production in very
> short cycles. Management gets out of the way and also gets anything
> else out of the way that impedes the people doing the actual work.
> This is akin to the world and mindset of lean manufacturing. New roles
> emerge and old roles and their career paths go away. It’s highly
> disruptive to adopt.
> 
> The critical element is self-managing teams that are free to
> experiment in a safe space with different ways of working together.
> Through enlightened trial and error their performance improves.
> Similarly, the other key idea is that no one actually knows what the
> product will look like at inception, certainly not in any detail.
> Customers and development teams collaborate to discover what the
> product wants to be along the way. Moreover, the world changes while
> you are doing that and so… business agility is the ability to turn
> on a dime for a dime (Larman).
> 
> Agile is quite simply a set of principles and values that guide you in
> conducting small experiments on two levels, discovering what the
> product is that the customer wants and discovering better ways of
> working together.



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