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Agile Project Management - The Basics: The Principles

About the lesson

This lesson introduced the eight Principles that underpin the Philosophy. Application of the Principles ensures organisations receive maximum benefit from usin
Agile Project Management.

Additional Reading: Agile Project Management Handbook Chapter 4

Narrative / Transcript
The eight principles support the Agile Project Management philosophy. They represent an ethos, a culture and a way of working.

They give guidance on the attitude and mindset required for Agile Project Management in order to deliver a consistent approach. Breaking any of the principles
will be a risk to the integrity of the agile processes and to the success of the project.

The principles are based on best practice in its truest sense. They define “the way things are done”.

The first principle is ‘Focus on the business need’

The second principle is ‘Deliver on time’

The third principle is ‘Collaborate '

The fourth principle is ‘Never compromise quality’

The fifth principle is ’Build incrementally from firm foundations'

The sixth principle is ‘Develop iteratively’

The seventh principle is ‘Communicate continuously and clearly’

The eighth principle is ‘Demonstrate Control’

Each of these will be looked at in detail over the next eight lessons.

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