Intrinsic Quality?

by Jim Highsmith

This article is a continuation of last month's Advisor on quality; specifically, intrinsic quality (see "Investigating Agile: Inside and Out," 19 June 2008). Agile development focuses on delivering customer value as its highest priority. Furthermore, customer value is delivered each iteration in the form of running tested features (and possibly deployment of those features). One of the six principles of the Agile Project Leadership Network carries the value idea a step further: "We increase return on investment by making continuous flow of value our focus." The key point in this principle statement is "continuous flow" of value, not just value at initial delivery.

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Intrinsic Quality?Thu Jul 03 08:20:13 CDT 2008