Is the Agile Manifesto still a thing?

Standing amidst the technological revolution, we find ourselves asking if the Agile Manifesto should still be our guide as we move into a world defined by continuous innovation. Today, we're pioneers and more like explorers on the seas of continuous improvement, which makes us wonder, is it time to improve the manifesto, too?

12 Agile Manifesto principles: a culture, defined

The Manifesto itself was born out of a need to find a common ground among scrum, Extreme Programming, Crystal Clear, and other frameworks.

The Snowbird 17 wanted to see if representatives of their different disciplines could agree on something - anything. They agreed on a set of values that defined a culture.

Manifesto for Agile Software Development

• We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it.

• Through this work we have come to value:

  • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

  • Working software over comprehensive documentation

  • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

  • Responding to change by following a plan

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

The [Twelve Principles of Agile Software](https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) also a product of the snowbird summit, expand on the handful of sentences that make up the values.

The great agile debate

The Snowbird 17 succeeded in unifying their differing points of view under a few core tenets, but the debate didn't end there. In some ways, agile has shattered into many more ways of operating the visionaries that came to the table within the first place. It seems as if everyone has their take on agile.