Do you Need Planning in Agile?
There are many people, especially in software development, who have a strong dislike of documentation and planning. This does not mean that they do not perform these tasks, they just do not enjoy them. The Agile Manifesto has a few things to answer for when it comes to planning and documentation, because it is freely misinterpreted by such people, especially:-
“We have come to value:
“Working software over comprehensive documentation” and
“Responding to change instead of following a plan”.
Too often these Values are cited as an opportunity to dispense with documentation and project planning, which is not what was intended by the Manifesto. A good Agile project has at least as much planning, if not more than, a traditional project. The only difference is that the planning for an Agile project is adaptive, rather than predictive.
Recommended Further Reading
The following materials may assist you in order to get the most out of this course: