title: Manifesto for Agile Software Development
url: http://agilemanifesto.org/
hash_url: 6c409224d6fea45e4f0379356d757e7c

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We are uncovering better ways of developing<br/>
software by doing it and helping others do it.<br/>
Through this work we have come to value:<br/>

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<font size="+2"/><font size="+3">Individuals and interactions </font><font size="+2">over processes and tools<br/></font>
<font size="+2"/><font size="+3">Working software </font><font size="+2">over comprehensive documentation<br/></font>
<font size="+2"/><font size="+3">Customer collaboration </font><font size="+2">over contract negotiation<br/></font>
<font size="+2"/><font size="+3">Responding to change </font><font size="+2">over following a plan<br/></font>

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That is, while there is value in the items on<br/>
the right, we value the items on the left more.<br/>

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Kent Beck<br/>
Mike Beedle<br/>
Arie van Bennekum<br/>
Alistair Cockburn<br/>
Ward Cunningham<br/>
Martin Fowler<br/>
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James Grenning<br/>
Jim Highsmith<br/>
Andrew Hunt<br/>
Ron Jeffries<br/>
Jon Kern<br/>
Brian Marick<br/>
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Robert C. Martin<br/>

Steve Mellor<br/>
Ken Schwaber<br/>
Jeff Sutherland<br/>
Dave Thomas<br/>
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© 2001, the above authors<br/>
this declaration may be freely copied in any form, <br/>
but only in its entirety through this notice.

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