Agile, Top Down

Ron Jeffries has some good points. I like

"Let's accept no other form of "progress" as being particularly interesting. You're working on the requirements for Project X? Boring. You've got someone figuring out architecture for Project Y? Boring. The guys are designing Project Z? Boring. What have you done for me lately?

Who has built something that their customer will certify is part of what they want? That's interesting."

I particularly like: "We value running tested software meeting our customers' needs"

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