diff --git a/The-Agile-Manifesto.md b/The-Agile-Manifesto.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..67e9b70ef --- /dev/null +++ b/The-Agile-Manifesto.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +## The Agile Manifesto +### For Agile Software Development + +Agile development was written in 2001 by a group of 17 software experts that included the creators of Scrum Extreme Programming (XP), Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), and Crystal; a representative of feature-driven development; and several other thought leaders in the software industry. The Agile Manifesto established a common set of overarching values and principles for all of the individual agile methodologies at the time. This is that manifesto. + +We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it.Through this work we have come to value: + +1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. +2. Working software over comprehensive documentation +3. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation +4. Responding to change over following a plan + +> That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. + + + +Original Signators: +
  • Kent Beck +
  • Mike Beedle +
  • Arie van Bennekum +
  • Alistair Cockburn +
  • Ward Cunningham +
  • Martin Fowler +
  • James Grenning +
  • Jim Highsmith +
  • Andrew Hunt +
  • Ron Jeffries +
  • Jon Kern +
  • Brian Marick +
  • Robert C. Martin +
  • Steve Mellor +
  • Ken Schwaber +
  • Jeff Sutherland +
  • Dave Thomas + +Read the original at http://agilemanifesto.org/