Agile is an approach to project management with incremental and iterative steps to completing projects. The Agile prioritizes quick delivery, adapting to change, and collaboration rather than top-down management and following a set plan. Agile is a process that allows a team to more efficiently manage a project by breaking it down into several stages, each of which allows for consistent collaboration with stakeholders to promote steady improvements at every stage.

Popular Agile methodologies

• Scrum
• Kanban
• Lean
• Crystal
• Extreme Programming (XP) etc.
• Feature-Driven Development (FDD)
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
• ScrumBan
• Agile-Waterfall/Hybrid Agile
• Scrum XP Hybrid

Agile pros and cons

Agile pros

• Ability to manage changing priorities      
• Increased project visibility
• Improved business/IT alignment
• Delivery speed/time to market  
• Project risk reduction     
• Project predictability      

Agile cons

• Organizations can resist change in adoption
• Teams may use inconsistent practices
• Needs support of leadership and management
• Organizational culture can be at odds with agile values

Agile values and principles

Agile project management was established on four values and twelve principles.

Four values-

• Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
• Working software over comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan

Summary of 12 principles in short forms are provided below-

• Customer satisfaction
• Early and continuous delivery
• Embrace change
• Frequent delivery
• Collaboration of businesses and developers
• Motivated individuals
• Face-to-face conversation
• Functional products
• Technical excellence
• Simplicity
• Self-organized teams
• Regulation, reflection and adjustment

These values and principles are rooted in the Agile Manifesto, which was created in 2001 by seventeen managers of software development. Agile 4 core values and 12 principles are covered in upcoming posts…………….