Agile is an attitude, not a technique with boundaries. An…

Focusing on skills, communications, and community allows the project to be more effective and more agile than focusing on processes and plans.

— Alistair Cockburn

So I hope I’ve made clear that imposing agile methods is a very red flag.

— Martin Fowler

I never allow my mind to run dry of ideas like the ocean which never runs dry of water. An idle mind leads to…

— Frank Matobo

“I noticed a bumper sticker that said, simply, "gravity works." yes it does. Rock climbers know this and plan for it. So do agile…

— Lyssa Adkins

“The increasing complexity and pace of change demand more agile and collaborative organizational structures.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“It appears evident that, for the average team, insisting on writing tests first, before functional coding, improves quality.”

— David J. Anderson

“agility is relative and time-based. If your software team can’t deliver software and keep pace with changes in the environment, your team is not…

— Anonymous

“Celebrate Successes, but Don't Declare Victory”

— Sam Guckenheimer

There's a historical view that adding process into a scrappy start-up kills innovation, but I'm a firm believer that you need process at some…

— Belinda Johnson

This is all about having great leaders who can drive agile innovation and agile decision-making.

— Steve Ballmer

The key idea of agile is that teams essentially manage themselves. ... It works in software, and it turns out that it works with kids.

— Bruce Feiler

“With agile retrospectives the team drives their own actions!”

— Ben Linders

“Half, Not Half-Assed”

— 37signals

There is no one-size-fits-all process. It differs from character to character and priority to priority. Every project has a different priority, and you have…

— Vikrant Massey

“Agile is a response to the need for more continuous software repair. Its central strategy is to reduce the size and increase the frequency…

— Jeff Sussna