Agile

The Manifesto for Agile Software Development reads, in its entirety:

We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:

• Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
• Working software over comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

It was signed by the following people:

• KentBeck
• Mike Beedle
• Arie van Bennekum
• AlistairCockburn
• WardCunningham
• MartinFowler
• James Grenning
• Jim Highsmith
• Andrew Hunt
• Ron Jeffries
• Jon Kern
• BrianMarick
• RobertCMartin
• Steve Mellor
• Ken Schwaber
• JeffSutherland
• DaveThomas

Concluding:

© 2001, the above authors

this declaration may be freely copied in any form,

but only in its entirety through this notice.

The signatories never convened again. Whatever people tell you about "Agile", its only canonical description is the Manifesto.

Retrospectives

• "Agile is Dead" by Dave Thomas