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The overview of agile that i shared with you is around roles, process and methodology.

But
really agile is more than that and rather than Doing Agile, the focus should be on Being agile and
adopting the Agile mindset.

Having an agile mindset is all about embracing a mentality or approach that believes in adapting
to change, learning through failures and encouraging feedback to bring in consistent
improvement. Agile attitude is all about learning and continual improvement to attain milestones
in business.

The attributes contributing to the agile mindset are:

 Respect - Most teamwork needs to start with respect for your fellow teammates. At the
organizational level, respect for colleagues at all levels of the organization, the customer,
and the product itself is also key to maintaining an appropriate work environment.
 Improvement Cycle - No process should be written in stone. There is always room for
improvement. An organization supporting such behavior would have a light hold on
procedural adherence.
 Collaboration - With increasingly complex systems being built, and subsequently
complex problems being solved, no one person would be able to hold all the necessary
information in their head to complete a task. Additionally, working with other parts of the
organization in a collaborative way will decrease the number of handoffs necessary to
deliver. The facilitation of collaboration, through tools, office space, and behavioral
norms, can improve the quality and number of collaborative discussions.

 Focus on Delivering Value - The main point of an agile team is to deliver value to the
customer. The team should be able to focus on what is of greatest value at the time, and
deliver with the knowledge that others in the organization (managers and scrum masters,
for example) are there to help remove any impediments.
 Ability to Adapt to Change - One of the key attributes to the agile approach is the ability
to accept change and adapt the projects accordingly. A business eco-system which is
volatile and certain to change requires a strategic and flexible approach to manage the
uncertainties. Therefore, a team with agile thinking would efficiently sustain and manage
change to facilitate productivity

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