Why Agile?

I thought I had written about “Why Agile” before, but I don’t see anything crisp enough.

Anyway, here’s my latest rundown on Why Agile?

Increase customer involvement which can build empathy and avoid rework
Learn faster which means you can adapt to change
Improve quality through focus
Reduce risk through shorter feedback loops and customer interaction
Simplify by getting rid of overhead and waste
Reduce cycle time through timeboxing and parallel development
Improve operational awareness through transparency
Drive process improvement through continuous improvement
Empower people through less mechanics and more interaction, continuous learning, and adaptation
Flow more value through more frequent releases and less “big bang”

Remember that nature favors the flexible and agility is the key to success.

Comments

Anonymous
June 03, 2014
How does prototyping fit in to agile??? Are you big on prototyping???
Anonymous
June 03, 2014
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Anonymous
June 03, 2014
@ J.D Meier, I had no idea that paper prototyping was actually a known method. For anyone else interested: en.wikipedia.org/.../Paper_prototyping