Why Agile Works

Overview

• Topic: Understanding why Agile methodologies are effective based on systems thinking, complexity, and human behavior.
• Key Themes: Ordered vs unordered systems, emergent behavior, social complexity, retrospective coherence, inspect and adapt.

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Core Concepts

1. Ordered vs Unordered Systems

• Ordered Systems: Systems that have cause and effect, follow rules, predictable (e.g., turning lights on and off).
• Unordered Systems: Not entirely chaotic nor ordered, move toward a state of order gradually.
• Example: A messy room (neither chaos nor order) moves towards order through emergent properties.
• Analogy with Vampires: Borrowing