A Practical Guide to Agile Part 1: Why Agile Emerged — Manifesto · 4 Values · 12 Principles
Agile is not a methodology — it is a value system. From why waterfall broke down (late feedback, the cost-of-change curve) to the 2001 Agile Manifesto's four values and twelve principles, and the five most common misconceptions ('no docs / no planning / just go faster') — Part 1 of an Agile series that explains the why, not the vocabulary.