CHAPTER 2

Understanding the Agile Mindset

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This chapter focuses on how to be agile, rather than do agile. In other words, what shifts in understanding do people need to have to fully embrace and capitalize upon the potential benefits of agile? These shifts in understanding have been described as values, principles, and pillars, and we briefly introduce each as they are described in the Agile Manifesto. We discuss mindset ideas from scrum, extreme programming (XP), lean, and PMI-ACP Exam Outline for understanding how to apply agile directly on a project. We then discuss ideas from Scaled Agile Framework and Disciplined Agile to see how an organization ...

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