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Allowing for Agile Failures

Posted October 18, 2007 | Leadership |

While agile practices improve the odds of success in many situations, neither agile practices nor any others are silver bullets. There are situations in which projects will fail, regardless of methodology. For example, one of the Agile Manifesto principles is that people are more important than process.

About The Author
Jim Highsmith
Jim Highsmith is a Cutter Fellow Emeritus. He was the founding Director of Cutter’s Agile Product & Project Management practice and received the 2005 Stevens Award in recognition of his work in adaptive software development and Agile processes. Mr. Highsmith has 30-plus years’ experience as an IT manager, product manager, project manager, consultant, and software developer. He has consulted with IT and product development organizations and… Read More
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