- Teams have the ability to make decisions, such as how to complete and size their own work.
- Management trusts team decisions and minimizes command and control.
- Teams are kept whole and members are treated like people, not fungible resources.
- Management provides transparency in decision making.
- Management provides organizational goals such as employee engagement.
- The PO provides release and sprint goals.
- Team members demonstrate their working software during sprint reviews.
- The Scrum Master provides a servant–leader approach.
It is up to you to determine what supporting evidence looks like when a company believes in motivating individuals and trusting them to get the job done. It is worth experimenting with this as it will help you better understand and embrace the Agile principles. The ultimate question is, do you believe that business and development should work continuously together as a team?
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Learn more about what other Agile Principles look like in action:
- 1st Agile Principle (Satisfying Customer with Valuable Software) at: https://cmforagile.blogspot.com/2023/09/many-want-to-go-agile-or-claim-to-be.html
- 2nd Agile Principle (Welcome Change to Requirements) at: https://cmforagile.blogspot.com/2024/01/do-you-have-evidence-to-support-2nd.html
- 3rd Agile Principle (Frequent Delivery) at: https://cmforagile.blogspot.com/2024/02/what-does-3rd-agile-principle-frequent.html
- 4th Agile Principle (Business and Development Work Together) at: https://cmforagile.blogspot.com/2024/03/what-does-4th-agile-principles-business.html