12 principles of agile development

 

Principles behind the Agile Manifesto

We follow these principles:

1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer
Through early and continuous delivery
Of valuable software.

2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in
Development. Agile processes harness change
The customer's competitive advantage.

3. Deliver working software frequently, from
Couple of weeks to a couple of months, with
Preference to the shorter timescale.

4. Business people and developers must work
Together daily throughout the project.

5. Build projects around und motivated individuals.
Give them the environment and support they need,
And trust them to get the job done.

6. The most efficient and valid tive method
Conveying information to and within a development
Team is face-to-face conversation.

7. Working software is the primary measure of SS.

8. Agile processes promote sustainable development.
9. The parameter Sors, developers, and users shocould be able
To maintain a constant pace indefinitely.

10. Continuous attention to technical excellence
And good design enhances agility.

11. Simplicity -- the art of maximizing the amount
Of work not done -- is essential.

12. The best practices tures, requirements, and designs
Emerge from self-organizing teams.

At regular intervals, the team reflects on how
To become more effective tive, then tunes and adjusts
Its behavior accordingly.

Resource: http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html