- - Individuals and interactions rather than processes and tools
- Working software rather than comprehensive documentation
- Customer collaboration rather than contract negotiation
- Responding to change rather than following a plan
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1. customer satisfaction
- Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
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2. changing requirements
- Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage.
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3. frequent delivery
- Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale.
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4. work together
- Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
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5. motivated individuals
- Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.
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6. face-to-face
- The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.
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7. measuring progress
- Working software is the primary measure of progress.
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8. sustainable development
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Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely
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9. technical & design excellence
- Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility
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10. simplicity
- Simplicity — the art of maximizing the amount of work not done — is essential.
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11. self-organising teams
- The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams
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12.reflect & adjust
- At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.