


#Pro to con ad infinitum software#
Since its publication, many different methodologies have been built around these principles including Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Kanban, Scrumban, and most recently DevOps.It’s important, to understand Agile is a philosophy and not a prescribed or proscribed methodology for software development. The purpose of the Manifesto was to describe a new philosophy upon which more lean and adaptive software development practices could be built. That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.This statement of values was intended to represent the “new” concepts behind Agile approaches (“items on the left”) with the most-common waterfall practices permeated the software development world at the time (“items on the right”). Responding to change over following a plan.Customer collaboration over contract negotiation.Working software over comprehensive documentation.Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.

The application of his principles to software development didn’t really begin to take shape until the 1990s, culminating in the 2001 creation of the Agile Manifesto during “Snowbird Conference.”The Agile Manifesto and its corollary twelve principles describe in simple terms the underlying philosophy of Agile product development practices.The Agile Manifesto states:We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Edwards Deming implemented in Japan as its manufacturing industry recovered from the ravages of World War 2.Deming focused on reducing waste and empowering individuals to engage in constant improvement of the processes and procedures followed on manufacturing lines. Agile development can be traced back to the lean manufacturing principles W.
