Agile is cool!

Holy cow, look at the principles underlying agile software development. Be still, my beating heart, because this stuff is great:

• Customer satisfaction by rapid, continuous delivery of useful software
• Working software is delivered frequently (weeks rather than months)
• Working software is the principal measure of progress
• Even late changes in requirements are welcomed
• Close, daily cooperation between business people and developers
• Face-to-face conversation is the best form of communication
• Projects are built around motivated individuals, who should be trusted
• Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design
• Simplicity
• Self-organizing teams
• Regular adaptation to changing circumstances

This list says project success!

Brought to my attention by Bill Kennedy, in a post about applying agile techniques to developing software training materials.