Being Agile: Eleven Breakthrough Techniques to Keep You from “Waterfalling Backward”

Summary

Being agile requires continuous improvement because teams that continue to learn, adapt, and grow are more productive and competitive. Agile is a never-ending journey of getting better.

By now, you’ve probably realized that Leslie and I strongly recommend a number of agile practices. You might be thinking, for example, that we’d state that “whole teams” is the most important concept. After reading other chapters, you might be tempted to say that “no multitasking” is the most important, or “working software,” or perhaps even “leadership.” Truth be told, we want to impress upon you just how important each of these concepts is to successful agile adoption.

However, the reason we decided on having “Continuous Improvement” as the last chapter ...