When Agile Learning Labs started in 2007, our focus was helping organizations find “a better way to better software.” We taught and coached software product development organizations how to apply scrum and related agile practices. We used the Manifesto For Agile Software Development as a reference for what it means to develop software in an agile way.
Today, we often work with organizations that do other kinds of complex work: marketing, research, bio-tech, even architecture. What would the Agile Manifesto look like if it was generalized to describe doing any kind of complex work in an agile way? With the help of participants in my regular online open office hours, I’ve generalized the values and principles from The Manifesto For Agile Software Development, so that they might better apply to any type of complex work.
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