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title: What are the principles of the Agile Manifesto?
description: "There are also 12 supporting principles which provide further supporting details: - Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and [Continuous Delivery](https://www.thescrummaster.co.uk/glossary/continuous-delivery/) of valuable software. - Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change…"
url: "https://www.thescrummaster.co.uk/docs/what-are-the-principles-of-the-agile-manifesto/"
updated: "2024-12-19"
category: Introduction / What Is Agile?
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# What are the principles of the Agile Manifesto?

There are also 12 supporting principles which provide further supporting details:

- Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and [Continuous Delivery](https://www.thescrummaster.co.uk/glossary/continuous-delivery/) of valuable software.
- Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage.
- Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale.
- Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the [Project](https://www.thescrummaster.co.uk/glossary/project/).
- Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.
- The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.
- Working software is the primary measure of progress.
- Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
- Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
- Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential.
- The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
- At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.

So, Agile is a set of values and principles. It can be compared to a philosophy, and as such, it is widely open to interpretation. The term has been much misused since the creation of the manifesto.