Do You Value Chef Over Recipe In Your Agile Restaurant?
"Individuals and interactions over processes and tools." The first value stated in the Agile Manifesto is the one which most intrigued me about Agile. I have been part of large organizations where everything was driven by the process. As such, it commonly felt like the processes were getting in our way and slowing us down. For example, I submitted a design document for peer review. The majority of feedback was concerned with whether I followed the approved "style guide." The approval process contained formalized steps with the stated purpose to verify that we followed our standard documentation management system and storage process. Few of these steps had anything to do with whether the design was any good or not. So this first Agile value seemed like a good one to me. Later, a chat with a colleague…
