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- 2. “ When to useiterative development? You should use iterative development only on projects that you want to succeed. Martin Fowler Author and programmer
- 3. “ Do not beafraid to make decisions. Do not be afraid to make mistakes. Carly Fiorina Business coach and politician
- 4. “ An organization that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only. Bjarne Stroustrup Computer scientist
- 5. Mary Poppendieck Lean trainerand author “ Do the planning, but throw out the plans.
- 6. “ The most effectiveway to do it, is to do it. Amelia Earhart Aviation pioneer
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- 8. “ Working always ships fasterthan perfect. Anjuan Simmons Technology thought leader
- 9. There is nothing souseless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. “ Peter Drucker Management consultant and author
- 10. “ A vision shouldbe judged by the clarity of its values, not the clarity of its implementation path. Donella H. Meadows author of Thinking in Systems: A Primer
- 11. “ Sometimes it can bereally freeing to have identified the problem... Even when you're it. Kristen Belcher Agile coach
- 12. “ The value ofan idea lies in the using of it. Thomas Edison Inventor
- 13. “ We shouldn’t addfeatures until they are needed. Forget just in case; develop just in time. Mary Poppendieck Lean trainer and author
- 14. Nothing endures butchange. Heraclitus Philosopher “
- 15. Mike Cottmeyer Agile authorand coach “ Stable Velocity. Sustainable Pace.
- 16. Anonymous “ The secret ofgetting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then start on the first one.
- 17. Geoff Watts Scrum trainerand author “ As ScrumMasters, we should all value being great over being good.
- 18. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Author “ Itseems that perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
- 19. Sherlock Holmes Scandal inBohemia “ It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
- 20. “ If you candream it, you can do it. Walt Disney Entrepreneur and Animator
- 21. Dr. Seuss Author andillustrator Everything stinks till it’s finished. “
- 22. “ Right and wrong cease to be useful concepts when you’re talking about software development. Kent Beck XP trainer and author
- 23. “ It doesn’t makesense to measure anything unless you know why you are measuring. This is the question to start with, “What do you care most about?” Pat Kua Technical leader and author
- 24. If you wanta guarantee, buy a toaster. Clint Eastwood as Nick Pulovski in The Rookie “
- 25. Henry Ford Entrepreneur “ A marketis never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.
- 26. “ Learn from your mistakes,be fearless, and above all have fun. Julia Child Chef
- 27. Jim Highsmith Agile author “ Asa software development consultant, I’ve never encountered a successful software company (although my sample size is limited) in which the team and project leaders were not technically savvy.
- 28. The important thingis not your process. The important thing is your process for improving your process. “ Henrik Kniberg Agile trainer and author
- 29. “ We have apropensity to believe in magic. Anything we can do to align our conversation around reality is going to advance us much more. Don Moen Agile Coach
- 30. Douglas McGregor Management professor Mostteams aren’t teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige, and position. “
- 31. Just because youmake a good plan, doesn’t mean that’s what's gonna happen. Taylor Swift Singer-songwriter
- 32. Roman Pichler Agile trainerand author “ Keep your roadmap simple and easy to understand. Capture what really matters; leave out the rest.
- 33. T. S. Eliot Poet “When forced to work within a strict framework the imagination is taxed to its utmost – and will produce its richest ideas. Given total freedom the work is likely to sprawl.
- 34. “ Simplicity is theultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci
- 35. “ Always make new mistakes. EstherDyson Investor and philanthropist
- 36. Henry Ford Entrepreneur “ Failure issimply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
- 37. “ As a generalrule of thumb, when benefits are not quantified at all, assume there aren’t any. Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister Software development authors
- 38. “ This indispensable firststep to getting what you want is this: Decide what you want. Ben Stein Actor
- 39. “ A true natural servant automatically respondsto any problem by listening first. Lyssa Adkins Agile coach and author
- 40. “ Anyone who has nevermade a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein
- 41. That which isa feature to a component team is a task to a feature team. “ Ken Rubin Agile author and trainer
- 42. “ Be honest – Without objectivity and honesty, the project team is set up for failure, even if developing iteratively. Ian Spence and Kurt Bittner Agile authors
- 43. “ To be uncertainis to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. Chinese Proverb
- 44. “ Software is themost malleable product. Companies need to use this characteristics to their competitive advantage, and sticking to traditional waterfall development negates this advantage. Jim Highsmith Agile author
- 45. “ It’s not thecustomer’s job to solve their own problems. It’s your job to ask them the right questions. Melissa Perri Author of Escaping the Build Trap
- 46. “ The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate. Joseph Priestley Theologian
- 47. “ Everything is vagueto a degree you do not realize ‘till you have tried to make it precise. Bertrand Russell Philosopher
- 48. “ (In software) Speed issafety... the slower you go, the more dangerously you wobble. Charity Majors Co-Founder and engineer, Honeycomb
- 49. “ Scrum without automationis like driving a sports car on a dirt track – you won’t experience the full potential, you will get frustrated, and you will probably end up blaming the car… Ilan Goldstein Scrum trainer and author
- 50. “ As an Agilecoach, you don’t need to have all the answers; it takes time and a few experiments to hit on the right approach. Rachel Davies and Liz Sedley Agile trainers and authors
- 51. “ Eric Ries Author, TheLean Startup Innovation is a bottoms-up, decentralized, and unpredictable thing, but that doesn’t mean it cannot be managed.
- 52. Dwight Eisenhower General andPresident “ Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.
- 53. “ In XP, wedon’t divide and conquer. We conquer and divide. First we make something that works, then we bust that up and solve the little parts. Kent Beck XP trainer and author
- 54. “ People, not methodologiesor tools, make projects successful. Lisa Crispin & Janet Gregory Authors of Agile Testing
- 55. “ Done is better thanperfect. Sheryl Sandberg Author and Facebook executive
- 56. Bas Vodde andCraig Larman Agile trainers and authors “ After working for some years in the domains of large, multisite, and offshore development, we have distilled our experience and advice down to the following: Don’t do it.
- 57. “ First-time product owners needtime, trust, and support to grow into their new role. Roman Pichler Agile trainer and author
- 58. George S. Patton General “ Ifyou tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed by the results.
- 59. Winston Churchill Prime Minister “ Successis not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
- 60. “ If you definethe problem correctly, you almost have the solution. Steve Jobs Apple Co-Founder
- 61. “ We define anagile tester this way: a professional tester who embraces change, collaborates well with both technical and business people, and understands the concept of using tests to document requirements and drive development. Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory Agile trainers and authors
- 62. “ You improvise. Youadapt. You overcome. Clint Eastwood as Sergeant Highway in Heartbreak Ridge
- 63. Mike Cohn Agile trainerand author “ Planning is a quest for value.
- 64. Thomas Edison Inventor “ Our greatestweakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- 65. “ As a ruleof thumb, for every user who tells you about a problem, there will be between 10 and 100 other users who experienced the same problem and didn’t think to get in touch. Paul Butcher Software engineering author
- 66. “ As human beings, weare amazingly adaptable and creative, yet most of us work for companies that are not. Gary Hamel Author
- 67. Leonard Bernstein Composer andconductor “ To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.
- 68. Pekka Himanen Philosopher andauthor “ It is not possible to create interesting things in a constant hurry or in a regulated way from nine to five.
- 69. Ron Livingston as PeterGibbons in Office Space “ The thing is, Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care.
- 70. Mario Andretti World ChampionRacing Driver “ If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.
- 71. Niels Bohr Physicist “ Prediction isvery difficult, especially about the future.
- 72. Winston Churchill Prime Minister “ Toimprove is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
- 73. Henry Ford Entrepreneur “ Whether youthink that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.
- 74. “ Every great productowner needs a great ScrumMaster. Roman Pichler Agile trainer and author
- 75. James Doohan as Scottyin Star Trek III “ The more they over think the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.
- 76. “ It doesn’t matter how good you are today; if you’re not better next month, you’re no longer agile. Mike Cohn Agile trainer and author
- 77. Focus on idlework not idle workers to achieve fast, flexible flow. “ Ken Rubin Agile author and trainer
- 78. Dwayne Johnson The Rock “ It’snever about how you start – it’s always about how you finish.
- 79. Eric Ries Author, TheLean Startup “ Remove any feature, process, or effort that does not contribute directly to the learning you seek.
- 80. Michael Hugos Agile systemsarchitect “ Agility means that you are faster than your competition. Agile time frames are measured in weeks and months, not years.
- 81. Kristen Sammons Agile evangelist& scrum master “ The four most important words for Scrum Masters are: Let’s ask the team.
- 82. Jeff Patton Agile trainer “ Wedon’t need an accurate document. We need a shared understanding.
- 83. Gregory Corso Poet “ If youhave a choice of two things and can’t decide, take both.
- 84. “ Agile leaders leadteams, non-agile ones manage tasks. Jim Highsmith Agile author
- 85. “ If you havea problem and to solve it you need someone else to change, you don’t understand your problem yet. Lyssa Adkins Agile coach and author
- 86. “ Change is scary,but complacency is deadly. Dave Dame Agile leader
- 87. “ Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost. Bjarne Stroustrup Computer scientist
- 88. Karl Scotland Agile trainer “ Scrumfocuses on being agile which may (and should) lead to improving. Kanban focuses on improving, which may lead to being agile.
- 89. Walt Disney Entrepreneur andAnimator “ When we go into that new project, we believe in it all the way. We have confidence in our ability to do it right.
- 90. Elisabeth Hendrickson Agile authorand trainer “ Agile teams produce a continuous stream of value, at a sustainable pace, while adapting to the changing needs of the business.
- 91. Earl Nightingale Motivational speaker “ Peoplewith goals succeed because they know where they’re going.
- 92. “ Metrics are notobjective just because they’re quantitative. Erika Hall Author and co-founder of Mule Design
- 93. Thomas Edison Inventor “ Opportunity is missedby most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
- 94. “ You can’t makedecisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen. Michelle Obama Attorney, author, and former US First Lady
- 95. “ Making work visible isone of the most fundamental things we can do to improve Dominica DeGrandis Author of Making Work Visible
- 96. Rachel Davies andLiz Sedley Agile trainers and authors “ Agile is all about teams working together to produce great software. As an Agile coach, you can help your team go from first steps to running with Agile to unleashing their full Agile potential.
- 97. “ No matter whatthe problem is, it's always a people problem. Gerald M. Weinberg Author
- 98. “ A wrong decisionis better than no decision. James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in The Sopranos
- 99. Winston Churchill Prime Minister “ Itis always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
- 100. “ Change is notfor its own sake, it’s the means to the end, not the end. Pearl Zhu Author of Digital Agility: The Rocky Road from Doing Agile to Being Agile
- 101. “ Although self-organizing isa good term, it has, unfortunately, become confused with anarchy. Jim Highsmith Agile author
- 102. “ The benefit ofallowing a team to self-organize isn’t that the team finds some optimal organization for their work that a manager may have missed. Rather, it is that by allowing the team to self-organize, they are encouraged to fully own the problem. Mike Cohn Agile trainer and author
- 103. Jason Fried Founder, Basecamp “ Meetingsshould be like salt–a spice sprinkled carefully to enhance a dish, not poured recklessly over every forkful.
- 104. John von Neumann Physicist “ There’sno sense in being precise when you don’t even know what you’re talking about.
- 105. Marina Martin Release TrainEngineer “You can’t fix people problems with processes.
- 106. “ Kill your product if a pivot is not beneficial and persevering no option. It’s tough but the right thing to do. Roman Pichler Agile trainer and author
- 107. George Dinwiddie Agile coachand trainer “ Remember: it’s not the documentation that needs to be in sync, but the people.
- 108. “ The first thingto realize when formulating your first DoD (Definition of Done) is that it isn’t cast in stone. You don’t need to spend an eternity deliberating what it should be, because it can evolve over time. Ilan Goldstein Scrum trainer and author
- 109. “ Any fool canwrite code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. Martin Fowler Author and programmer
- 110. Winston Churchill Prime Minister “ Howeverbeautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
- 111. “ Leadership is theart of accomplishing goals through other people. Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising Authors
- 112. “ You measure system capability;you do not prescribe it. Mary Poppendieck Lean trainer and author
- 113. “ Be prepared tocut your losses – Canceling bad projects early is success because you save time, money and resources that can be applied to better opportunities. Ian Spence and Kurt Bittner Agile authors
- 114. “ The best wayto get a project done faster is to start sooner. Jim Highsmith Agile author
- 115. “ Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming: feedback is the treatment. Kent Beck XP trainer and author
- 116. “ Inside every largeprogram, there is a small program trying to get out. C.A.R. Hoare Computer scientist
- 117. “ People don’t adopta methodology, they adapt it. Tom DeMarco Author
- 118. “ Be fixed onthe vision, but flexible on the journey. Jeff Bezos Founder of Amazon
- 119. “ “Scaling agile” always soundsto me like “scaling small-batch, hand-crafted artisanal beer.” You end up with Bud Light Andy Hunt Pragmatic programmer
- 120. Facts are betterthan dreams. Winston Churchill Prime Minister “
- 121. “ It’s better tobe roughly right than precisely wrong. John Maynard Keynes Economist
- 122. “ It is betterto lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. Nelson Mandela South African President
- 123. “ Agile is aphilosophy, not a methodology.” Paul Bennett Software engineer
- 124. “ When you areat a crossroads about trying something or not, always default to the try. Carla A. Harris Leader, author, and singer
- 125. “ In coaching, theidea is to coach the person, not the problem. Lyssa Adkins Agile coach and author
- 126. “ Frame our agilitywith fragility. Embrace the humanity. Lizzy Morris Scrum trainer
- 127. “ My impact expands beyondthe four walls I work within. Angie Jones Java champion, inventor
- 128. “ Everyone has aplan until they get punched in the mouth. Mike Tyson Boxer
- 129. “ If everything was perfect,you would never learn, and you would never grow. Beyoncé Singer-songwriter
- 130. “ Resist the temptation tojump to a solution. Mary Poppendieck Lean trainer and author
- 131. “ Budgets may countFull-Time Equivalents (FTEs), but great teams count on people. Johanna Rothman Agile trainer and author
- 132. “ Scrum Masters, please don’ttouch the task board. It does not belong to you. Michele Sliger Agile trainer
- 133. “ People are what makecompanies agile, not approaches, methodologies or tools. Pedro Gaspar Fernandes Facilitator, neo-generalist
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