{"id":164,"date":"2017-09-15T14:55:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T13:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/?p=164"},"modified":"2019-07-13T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T14:03:00","slug":"the-new-business-friendly-agile-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/15\/the-new-business-friendly-agile-manifesto\/","title":{"rendered":"The new business-friendly Agile Manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<p>You probably want to go to \n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/12\/freshened-up-agile-manifesto\/\">the updated version of this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<h2>Business friendly Lean-Agile Manifesto for Digital Products and Services<\/h2>\n<h4>We are uncovering better ways of developing<br \/>\ndigital products by doing it and helping others do it.<br \/>\nThrough this work we have come to value:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"section-text mb-50 mb-sm-20\">\n<p><strong>Team vision and discipline<\/strong> over individuals and interactions over <cite>processes and tools<\/cite><br \/>\n<strong>Validated learning<\/strong> over working software over <cite>comprehensive documentation<\/cite><br \/>\n<strong>Customer discovery<\/strong> over customer collaboration over <cite>contract negotiation<\/cite><br \/>\n<strong>Initiating change<\/strong> over responding to change over <cite>following a plan<\/cite>\n<\/div>\n<h4>That is, while there is value in the items on<br \/>\nthe right, we value the items on the left more.<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Twelve Principles of Lean-Agile Digital Products\/Services<\/h3>\n<h4>We follow these principles:<\/p>\n<h4>\n<div class=\"section-text mb-50 mb-sm-20\">\nOur highest priority is to satisfy the customer<br \/>\nthrough early and continuous delivery of value.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome emerging requirements, even late in development.<br \/>\nLean-Agile processes harness change<br \/>\nfor the customer&#8217;s competitive advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Deliver value and validate learnings continually,<br \/>\nfrom a couple of weeks to a couple of hours,<br \/>\nwith a preference to the shorter timescale.<\/p>\n<p>Business and product people and developers and everyone else must work<br \/>\ntogether daily throughout the delivery effort,<br \/>\n<em>from concept to cash<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Build products around motivated individuals.<br \/>\nGive them the environment and support they need,<br \/>\nand trust them to get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>The most efficient and effective method of<br \/>\nconveying information to and within a business, product, and development<br \/>\nteam is face-to-face conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Delighted customers and business impact are the primary measures of progress.<\/p>\n<p>Agile processes promote sustainable development.<br \/>\nThe sponsors, developers, users, and all stakeholders<br \/>\nshould be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design<br \/>\nenhances agility.<\/p>\n<p>Simplicity &#8211;the art of maximising the amount<br \/>\nof work not done&#8211; is essential.<\/p>\n<p>The best products, architectures, requirements, and designs<br \/>\nemerge from teams in an environment that supports<br \/>\nand amplifies positive outcomes from self-organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Continually, teams reflects on how<br \/>\nto become more effective, then tunes and adjusts<br \/>\ntheir behavior accordingly.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of food for thoughts, for bright and hungry minds, the new business-friendly version of the original Agile Manifesto: The Lean-Agile Manifesto for Digital Products and Services. 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