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Scott Duncan on Agile: Values and principles

SearchSoftwareQuality's site editor Yvette Francino speaks with Scott Duncan, a 38 year veteran in software development about agile development. After eight years working agile, Duncan has forged some pretty strong ideas on the subject especially when it comes to prioritizing the manifesto. In this podcast, Duncan explains where the term "agile" came from, models that predated the terminology and the most important aspects of agile development that teams should practice.

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