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What is "Agile"?

What is "Agile"? Learn about what agile is not and how you can get started on your agile journey.

What is "Agile"?

The word agile has seen a continued rise in usage, but what does it mean? Here Daniel argues that there are lots of places people use it which can be misleading and hinder adoption of agile thinking. Find out when to be sceptical and how to start your own journey in learning about agile.

Resources and recommended reading below.

Additional Resources

The Agile Manifesto (website)

The Scrum Guide (website)

Jira (software)

U-Kan-Scrum-gile: Enterprise Edition by Jon McNestrie (video)

Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (book)

User Story Mapping (book)

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (book)

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (book)

The Phoenix Project: A Novel about It, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (book)

Kanban in Action (book)

20 minutes

20 minutes