Ever since then, the use of practices that support these values has become increasingly popular.

From my use of various Agile practices, I have listed 10 key tactical principles of agility. These are characteristics that are common to all Agile application frameworks that adopt the Agile values and principles, and the components that I think make Agile fundamentally different as compared to a traditional waterfall approach to software development and any IT/User Experience Product development.

They are:

1. Active user involvement is imperative
2. The team must be empowered to make decisions (Self organize team)
3. Requirements evolve but the timescale is fixed
4. Capture requirements at a high level; lightweight & visual
5. Develop small, incremental releases and iterate
6. Focus on frequent delivery of products
7. Complete each feature before moving on to the next
8. Apply the 80/20 rule
9. Testing is integrated throughout the project lifecycle – test early and often
10. A collaborative & cooperative approach between all stakeholders is essential

There are various pratices and frameworks that are collectively known as Agile, as they promote the values of the agile manifesto and they are consistent with the above principles. The most popular ones are:

• Scrum
• Kanban
• XP

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