The Un-Agile Manifesto

The so called Agile Manifesto has created so much excitement in the software development world and beyond. It is time that all those who oppose Agile methods in software development got their own manifesto and here it is. The unagile manifesto:

The Unagile Manifesto

We are rediscovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:

Follwing a plan over responding to change
Contract negotation over customer collaboration
Comprehensive documentation over working software
Process and tools over individuals and interactions

That is, while there is some supposed value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. The Unagile Manifesto is based on the Unagile Principles.

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The Un-Agile Manifesto

The Unagile Manifesto

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A Waterfall is Fine – for Watching

Wordle for March 2012

The Un-Agile Principles

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Waterfall got it right… almost

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