Agility Manifesto

We have uncovered better software development methods in the 20+ years since the Agile Manifesto was born.  Twenty-something years ago, the biggest problem to solve was delivering on software projects. Agile (mostly) solved this delivery problem, and we have now learned that:

If your organisation does indeed need adaptability/agility, then we recommend taking on these values:

Outcomes over output

Customers over stakeholders

Product over project

Teal over Taylor*

* Teal = Organisational design that maximises purpose, trust, and autonomy
Taylorremnants of last century command and control management


Principles supporting these values

Agility Manifesto was inspired by:

Marty Cagan
Teresa Torres
Melissa Perri
John Cutler
Bjarte Bogsnes
Ricardo Semler
Aaron Dignan
Tom DeMarco
Eric Ries

The contents of this site are the sole opinions and creations of Quinton Quartel.
This is not a static document. It may change as I learn and muse more on this topic.