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Agility is the ability to adapt and respond to change … agile organizations view change as an opportunity, not a threat.

Agility is the ability to adapt and respond to change … agile organizations view change as an opportunity, not a threat.

Jim Highsmith
Opportunity, Views, Organization

The best way to get a project done faster is to start sooner

Jim Highsmith
Done, Way, Projects

Peel back the facade of rigorous methodology projects and ask why the project was successful, and the answer is people.

Jim Highsmith
Successful, People, Answers

Simple rules guide innovative, intelligent responses. Comprehensive rules guide rote, routine responses.

Jim Highsmith
Intelligent, Simple, Routine
Jim Highsmith (2013). “Adaptive Leadership: Accelerating Enterprise Agility”, p.53, Addison-Wesley

Documentation is not understanding, process is not discipline, formality is not skill.

Jim Highsmith
Skills, Discipline, Understanding

The greatest risk we face in software development is that of overestimating our own knowledge.

Jim Highsmith
Risk, Development, Faces
Jim Highsmith (2013). “Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems”, p.14, Addison-Wesley

If you find that your organization can't make the hard decisions that Scrum demands, then high-risk, uncertain projects have very little probability of success in your organization.

Jim Highsmith
Organization, Decision, Risk

If you have unskilled people who work poorly together, no amount of process will save your projects.

Jim Highsmith
People, Together, Projects

Process is not a substitute for skill.

Jim Highsmith
Skills, Process, Substitutes

A methodology's weight is a product of its size and ceremony.

Jim Highsmith
Weight, Size, Methodology

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