More and more companies are working with the Agile approach over time.
What is Agile? It is neither a methodology nor a method; it is a specific work approach that is based on the principles and values of Agile. When a company decides to work with the Agile approach, it means that the employees working in the company agree to the Agile principles and values and continue working this way.
The history of Agile’s creation began in 2001 at a ski resort in America, where 17 representatives of the IT industry gathered and discussed their work—what they liked and what they disliked. They concluded that long-term procedures prevented them from implementing changes quickly and flexibly.
It was with the aim of solving this problem that they finally developed a document right there called the Agile Manifesto, which includes 4 values and 12 principles. This document defines the principles and values of Agile and is considered the main working document of the Agile approach.
According to the Agile Manifesto document, the most important thing is the individual, and then come all the procedures that help individuals carry out their work and make their activities more flexible and effective.
Here are the 4 main values outlined in the Agile Manifesto. The signatories of the Agile Manifesto state that:
- We prefer Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.
- We prefer Working software over comprehensive documentation.
- We prefer Customer collaboration over contract negotiation.
- We prefer Responding to change over following a plan.
The implementation of these four values in an organization practically requires a completely new approach to management, where the manager is not a micromanagers and controller, but a team helper and impediment remover.
One of the 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto implies precisely that companies should change their attitudes along the way and make their work more effective. This allows companies to form different approaches based on people, relationships, and the existing situation.
Based on this approach, project management methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, and others were formed. Today, Scrum and Kanban are the most relevant, and we will tell you about them in detail in subsequent articles.
