Getting started: What is Agile anyway?

When introducing agile into a large organisation many people have no knowledge at all what agile is. Here are some resources that give a overview of agile:

• Website: What is Agility, and Why Should You Care?by Mishkin Berteig


• Website: A Brief Introduction to Agile By Jeff Langr


• Website: The New Methodology by Martin Fowler


• PDF: The Seven Principles of Lean Software Development by Mary and Tom Poppendieck


• PDF: Getting Agile with Scrum by Mike Cohn


• PDF: Extreme Programming: A Gentle Introduction.


• PDF: An Introduction to Agile Methods (XP) by Steve Hayes


• PDF (mini-book): Scrum and XP from the Trenches by Henrik Kniberg
• PDF (mini-book): Scrum Checklists by Sprint-IT