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Agility in Software Development Circles is defined as “Methods and practices that embrace change” (The Agile Alliance 2001). Agile methods are lightweight and all Agile Methods share similarities. These similarities are:

• Individuals and iterations are preferred over processes and tools
• Working software over comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan. (The Agile Alliance 2001)

The core concepts include:

• Different projects need different processes or methodologies
• Focusing on skills, communication, and community allows the project to be more effective and more agile than focusing on processes (Cockburn, 2001).

[2003] Becky Blackshaw