26 quotes found
“The essence of Agile movement, whether in new product development, new service offerings, software applications, or project management, rests on two foundational goals: delivering valuable products...”
“Agile does not mean laissez-faire, flexibility and freedom are based on the well-defined principles.”
“A sound idea is a form of energy. It can not be destroyed. It evolves from inspiration, to a function of preparation, then determination - till the ideator's dream becomes actualized in real lifeAt...”
“Change is not for its own sake, its the means to the end, not the end.”
“But I should caution that if you seek to plot out all your moves before you make themif you put your faith in slow, deliberative planning in the hopes it will spare you failure down the linewell, y...”
“A value-added step in a process is defined by three characteristics. First, the step must be something that the customer is willing to pay for. Second, the step must directly change the form, fit, ...”
“Agile is more a direction, than an end. Transforming to Agile culture means the business knows the direction they want to go on.”
“Agile Project Management focuses on selecting the right skills for project team members and molding them into productive teams.”
“In fact, in an agile project, technical excellence is measured by both capacity to deliver customer value today and create an adaptable product for tomorrow.”
“Agile Project Management -like its lean development counterparts- streamlines the development process, concentrating on value-adding activities and eliminating overhead and compliance activities.”
“If your goal is to deliver a product that meets a known and unchanging specification, then try a repeatable process. However, if your goal is to deliver a valuable product to a customer within some...”
“Innovative ideas aren't generated in structured, authoritarian environments but in an adaptive culture based on the principles of self-organization and self-discipline.”
“Agile and DevOps are for harnessing integration, interaction, and innovation.”
“Agile retrospectives are a great way to continuously improve the way of working.”
“Agile is more a direction, than an end, a philosophy and mindset at board level.”
“One of the reasons to see improved productivity in Agile is because of the simplicity principle.”
“Agility within and of itself is a strategy.”
“Delegation is not a binary thing. There are shades of grey between a dictatorship and an anarchy.”
“The beauty of agile comes in with its incremental nature and use of empiricism to focus on three Is - Interaction, Iteration, and Improvement.”
“Half, Not Half-Assed”
