Agile Values and Principles: Mindset Meets Method

Agile Values and Principles: Mindset Meets Method is the second chapter of a nine-chapter book entitled Head First Agile. I have completed reading and reviewing this chapter.

Agile Values and Principles: Mindset Meets Method


“In Head First Agile, you’ll learn all about the ideas behind agile and the straightforward practices that drive it. You’ll take deep dives into Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban, the most common real-world agile approaches today. … This book also has everything you need to get certified, with 100% coverage of the PMI-ACP® exam.”

Agile Values and Principles

Mindset Meets Method

“There is no ‘perfect’ recipe for building great software. Some teams have had a lot of success and seen big improvements after adopting agile practices, methods, and methodologies, while others have struggles. We’ve learned that the difference is in the mindset that the people on the team have. So what do you do if you want to get those great agile results for your own team? How do you make sure your team has the right mindset? That’s where the Agile Manifesto comes in. When you and your team get your head around its values and principles, you start to think differently about the agile practices and how they work, and they start to become a lot more effective.”

Topics covered in Chapter 2: Agile Values and Principles: Mindset Meets Method include the following:

  • Something big happened in Snowbird
  • The Agile Manifesto
  • Adding practices in the real world can be a challenge
  • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
  • Working software over comprehensive documentation
  • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
  • Responding to change over following a plan
  • Question Clinic: The “which-is-BEST” question
  • They think they’ve got a hit…
  • …but it’s a flop
  • The principles behind the Agile Manifesto
  • The agile principles help you deliver your product
  • The agile principles help your team communicate and work together
  • The new product is a hit!
  • Exam Questions

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Gene Babon

Gene Babon is a team leader, project manager and web developer who is actively seeking next management-level opportunity. Learn more at Pick a lane. Keep driving.


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