The Four Value of Agile Manifesto

Agile Manifesto
The agile manifesto is a way for a group or team to develop high quality software in an agile environment. This includes values that each team should contain to help the team achieve those goals. Within the agile manifesto, there are four values in which it contains. These values include Individuals over integration over processes and tools, working software over comprehensive documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, responding to change over following a plan. These four values are necessary for the agile manifesto to work.

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools is explanatory in the name. This is basically stating that people and feedback from them drive business development. When development is based on processes and tools, they it could cause the team not to change and may not understand the need. Having the team react to feedback will always help the team understand and develop a quality project which will be great for the users. This will also keep the project production running smooth and fluidly.

Working software over comprehensive documentation is a way to eliminate the unnecessary documentation within developing a product. In a non-agile environment, development could include design documents, test plans, documentation plans, and more which can excessive time to decipher and put together. On the other hand, in an agile setting, user stories help better understand scenarios of people using the product and simplifying it so that you can reduce time and build the product the right way.

Consumer collaborations over contract negotiation is basically including the consumer over the whole development of the product. In the waterfall method, the consumer is only there in the negotiation stage of development. They basically all do the requirements gathering then build the product based on that. In the agile method, the consumer is there to collaborate through the whole way through. It makes it easier to meet the consumer’s needs, and include them in project progression by demoing new features and receiving feedback.

Responding to change over the following plan is a way that keeps the product with the ability to be changed in a short amount of time. When going through a waterfall method, the product must be developed then implemented by the consumer. This increased cost greatly because there was no flexibility if requirements change. In an agile environment everything changes. With each sprint, if requirements changed, things could change quickly to meet the new requirements.

The four requirements in the agile manifesto change the dynamic of how a project is produced. These values are used to decrease time on planning and more time on response. This makes it so that the product can easily change and adapt if needed. This will help produce those high-quality products that the consumers need. Every agile team should have the mindset in thinking of these methods and use them a guideline.

Work Cite
“Comprehensive Guide to the Agile Manifesto.” Smartsheet, Smartsheet, 18 Sept. 2017, www.smartsheet.com/comprehensive-guide-values-principles-agile-manifesto.