2 THE FOUNDATIONS OF AGILE

2.1 THE AGILE MINDSET

Figure 2.1 shows the different levels of Agile, from the tools and processes that operate within Agile practices, which in turn operate within Agile principles, up to everything operating within the Agile mindset. An Agile mindset implies that an organisation or person has absorbed Agile to the extent that it becomes part of their ‘identity’, i.e. their ‘business-as-usual’ state and the default way they interact with the world.

Figure 2.1 The Agile mindset wraps around everything

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Agile is not about ‘doing’ Agile, it is about ‘being Agile’ and having an Agile mindset, and there are a number of tools, ...

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