Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship

Manifesto for Agile Software Development A new lean software manifesto - Fishpool This weekend saw Eric Ries's Lean Startup movement produce a conference on the approach. People who were there have already summarized and documented the proceedings in quite a detail. One of the interesting take-aways seems to have been Kent Beck's proposal for the evolution of the Agile Manifesto into something more applicable to the startup context of continuous learning and adaptation. As practitioners of software development to support lean business, we have come to realize that the unknowns of the business context are more critical to the success of the enterprise than the attributes of the software we create. I hope I did not butcher some subtlety when extracting those words out of the keynote speech. The biggest issue I have is with the third statement, preferring customer discovery to customer collaboration. The second issue I have is with the first statement of preferring teams and discipline over individuals and interaction.

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