It is by no means exhaustive, it is certainly biased, it is not the right document to base any decisions upon, but at least serves as a reminder of what I already looked at and which kind of observations I made.

The term Agile Development summarizes a variety of techniques and methodologies which have in common (according to the Agile Development Manifesto) that they value

• Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
• Working software over comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan

See also The Agile Manifesto, an article in Software Development Magazine, for a summary of the goals and ideas behind this.

Agile Development techniques are all the rage now in software development, so I thought I should spend some time understanding some of the techniques involved and how we could benefit from them.