5. Agile and Self-Adapting
The pieces of the puzzle are in place. We have seen
• Software development as a cooperative game of invention and communication
• People as funky but good at looking around and taking initiative, communicating particularly well informally, face to face
• Methodology as the set of conventions the team adopts, with different conventions suiting different sorts of projects
• Light methodologies as delivering more quickly but having to become heavier as the team size grows
• Projects as unique ecosystems and the need for a project’s methodology to fit the project ecosystem
Everything fits together neatly, except ... How light is right for any one project, and how do we do this on our project?
“Light but Sufficient” discusses ...
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