The Agile Principles for Scrum Masters – Part 3

Promote Sustainable Development

Agile processes promote Sustainable Development. The sponsors, developers, and Users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely
In agile, there is a constant production of the software features over a long period. The amount of effort and time which is invested by the team in the development process has to be constant during the whole process. This does not only apply to the developers but also to the other team members such as the sponsors, and users. All stakeholders should move at the same pace with the project, and no team member should feel pressed. The result of this will be a smooth running process, hence the success of the project.

Continuous attention to technical excellence

Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility. In agile, a good design and architecture of the software take the center stage. The development team works together so as to review and critique each other’ work, building patterns of good design and architecture. Due to the combined effort, the skill set of the team will increase, leading to the emergence of improved designs.  The overall result of this will be the success of the project.

Maximizing the amount of work not done

Simplicity – the art of maximizing the amount of work not done is essential. In Agile, the development of the project is done in iterations. During each iteration, the development team has to pick the prioritized features which are doable and they go ahead to implement them. The development team has to strive hard for simplicity by cutting out the things which do not add value. The aim is to put maximum effort on the features which will make the customers accept the product, leading to project success.

The best architectures

The best architectures, Requirements, and design emerge from self-organizing teams. The quality of the final product is highly dependent on how the team is organized. Every team member should take responsibility and do the tasks they are supposed to do. Other than possessing all the skills which are necessary for the development of the project, the team members should be capable of organizing themselves. This will result in best architectures, requirements, and design, hence project success.

Reflect on how to become more effective

At regular intervals, the team reflect on how to become more effective, the tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly. In agile, the scrum team is geared towards delivering a high-quality product which is acceptable to the users. User satisfaction takes the highest priority, which calls for the team to look for ways on how to achieve this. The team has to assess themselves in terms of how they have adhered to the agile principles. If some deviations are found, they have to adjust accordingly. If a new way of becoming more effective is found, then the team has to adjust in line with that. This will result in the development of the right product for the users, leading to the success of the project.

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