Jim Highsmith quotes
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“The best way to get a project done faster is to start sooner”
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“Documentation is not understanding, process is not discipline, formality is not skill.”
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“Agility is the ability to adapt and respond to change … agile organizations view change as an opportunity, not a threat.”
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“The greatest risk we face in software development is that of overestimating our own knowledge.”
-- Jim HighsmithSource : Jim Highsmith (2013). “Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems”, p.14, Addison-Wesley
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“Simple rules guide innovative, intelligent responses. Comprehensive rules guide rote, routine responses.”
-- Jim HighsmithSource : Jim Highsmith (2013). “Adaptive Leadership: Accelerating Enterprise Agility”, p.53, Addison-Wesley
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“Peel back the facade of rigorous methodology projects and ask why the project was successful, and the answer is people.”
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“If you find that your organization can't make the hard decisions that Scrum demands, then high-risk, uncertain projects have very little probability of success in your organization.”
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“If you have unskilled people who work poorly together, no amount of process will save your projects.”
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“A methodology's weight is a product of its size and ceremony.”
-- Jim Highsmith
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