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The entire "Agile Manifesto" is less than 10 lines, and it's right here for free: https://agilemanifesto.org/ https://agilemanifesto.org/ If you want the longe
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The entire "Agile Manifesto" is less than 10 lines, and it's right here for free: https://agilemanifesto.org/ https://agilemanifesto.org/
If you want the longer and more detailed treatment, that's right here too, and it fits in 1 screen: https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html
That's the whole thing. All of the "sprint" and "scrum" stuff was invented as a way to pretend that software-engineering is like factory work. You'll hear these people talk about things like "holding engineers accountable" and "making estimates more accurate," which is an instant giveaway that they don't understand the fundamentally organic and ever-evolving nature of software-engineering.
The only thing that actually needs to be done is to write down clearly the business problem to be solved, the reason it matters, the proposed technical solution steps in order, and the rationale for the solution. Then, meet regularly to talk about it and update it based on reality.
But most companies can't handle that level of rigor in their business thinking — or the idea that engineers should have this kind of autonomy to solve business problems.