Agile Basics
What agile means, the roles, events and artifacts, and the myths that trip beginners up.
What Agile Actually Means: A Beginner's Guide to the Basics
A plain-English introduction to agile: where the word came from, what the four values and twelve principles say, and how iterative, incremental delivery works.
Read · 6 min read →Agile BasicsAgile vs. Waterfall: How to Choose an Approach for Your Project
How waterfall and agile differ, what each fixes and lets flex, when each tends to fit, and five questions to help you choose, including a hybrid path.
Read · 6 min read →Agile BasicsWho's Who on an Agile Team: Product Owner, Scrum Master and More
Meet the people on a Scrum team: what the Product Owner, Scrum Master and Developers are accountable for, and where stakeholders and managers fit.
Read · 6 min read →Agile BasicsScrum Events for First-Timers: What Happens and How to Prepare
A step-by-step walk through your first Sprint: Sprint Planning, the Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Retrospective, with timeboxes and practical tips.
Read · 6 min read →Agile BasicsBacklogs, Boards and Increments: Agile Artifacts for Beginners
Learn the things agile teams look at every day: the product and sprint backlogs, task and kanban boards, the increment and the Definition of Done.
Read · 6 min read →Agile BasicsAgile Myths That Trip Up Beginners, and What's Actually True
Eight common agile myths, from no documentation and no planning to only for software, checked against the Agile Manifesto, the Scrum Guide and GAO.
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