The agile manifesto is so terse and carefully written -- every word is there for a reason -- and so many people ignore the words they find inconvenient. "Respo

The agile manifesto is so terse and carefully written -- every word is there for a reason -- and so many people ignore the words they find inconvenient. "Responding to change over following a plan" specifically says "over", not "instead of!" They even say it twice, to avoid misunderstanding: "That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more." In a document that's only a few sentences long, to repeat a meaning is a little like shouting. Don't value your plan more than your ability to respond to change. But do still have a plan! How will you know if you're responding to change without one?