AGILE IN ACTION

Yesterday at QCon London, Gus and Kris talked about how we at Energized Work get from concept to cash every week. It's a simple message really.

I just stumbled on a note I made before Christmas on a tweet from Brian Marick that provided a definition for craft. I tweaked it ever so slightly:

At Agile2008, in his banquet keynote, Uncle Bob proposed over execution" be added to the Agile Manifesto as the fifth value statement. I've blogged before about the lack of craftsmanship in software development and it continues to concern me.

Over on InfoQ, Amr Elssamadisy says successful agile teams are predominantly characterized by their culture and not their practices. Agreed. Team culture grows out of the values people share, their behavior and the chemistry their personalities create and the fun they have when they work together, the friendships they form and their combined sense of belonging. Sadly, a team's culture is often limited by the culture of the wider organization. But, it's not enough to just have a great culture. Without disciplined application of practices a team is likely to deliver poorer quality.