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20 Years of The Agile Manifesto

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Agile Manifesto date was 11-13 February 2001. Martin Steve Mellor Ken Schwaber Jeff Sutherland Dave Thomas © 2001, the above authors this declaration may be freely copied in any form, but only in its entirety through this notice. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage. Celebrating 20 years.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. When implementing the agile methodology , project planning and work management are adaptive, evolutionary in development, seeking early delivery and are always open to change if that leads to process improvement.

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The Agile Manifesto, Explained

ProjectManager.com

The phrase agile software development was first used in 2001, but agile was in fact being applied to projects since the mid-1990s. This is a way of thinking, more than a methodology, some would say, as it’s not so structured as to become rigid and calcified in process. People respond to business needs and drive the development process.

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Agile vs Waterfall: What’s the Difference?

ProjectManager.com

The waterfall methodology is a process where project activities are broken down into linear phases. In 2001, a group of 17 software developers got together in a resort in Utah, and together came up with the “ Manifesto for Agile Software Development ” as a reaction to what they deemed as heavy project management methodologies—like waterfall.

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Agile and Current Technology: Are We Adapting or Missing the Mark?

Leading Agile

Agile was first created in response to the frustrations around the traditional software development processes of the 1990s—years from idea to development to deployment—and the explosion of personal computing, meaning that software had to keep up, but it was struggling to do so. Working processes focused on the user. Ability to adapt.

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What Is the Definition of Done for Agile Teams?

ProjectManager.com

Responding and incorporating customer feedback into products and processes requires self-organizing teams that are constantly tweaking what they do to be more efficient, where they can change regularly to meet new needs that pop up daily. Agile is the overriding methodology and the agile process can be executed with a variety of frameworks.

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 Executive’s Guide To Large-Scale Agile Transformation & Sustaining An Adaptive Enterprise w/ Mike Cottmeyer

Leading Agile

The three systems include a System of Delivery, a System of Transformation, and a System of Sustainability. – [Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from Agile Arizona, The Executive’s Guide to Large-Scale Agile Transformation and Sustaining an Adaptive Enterprise. And so sustainable business agility.