The Agile Manifesto

The Agile Manifesto was created in 2001 and produced several tenets that are the foundations for Pathfinder’s approach, which include the following:

• Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and 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.
• 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 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.

People Over Process

Agile favors individuals and interactions over processes and tools. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project to create effective applications. People are at the center of what we do. We leverage best practices from user centered design together with Agile development. This synergy allows us to provide our clients with the best of both worlds and to deliver better software, faster.

Working Software Every Two Weeks

Agile processes are defined by an iterative approach that uses project management and software engineering practices to deliver new software functionality. Each iteration delivers working software that has been fully tested and implemented, providing opportunities for quick feedback from potential consumers of the software. Agile focuses on improving team productivity and software quality, accelerating development, and eliminating redundancies.

Greater Transparency, Greater Efficiency

Agile teams have proven to produce software that does a better job of meeting business needs because it can adapt to changing requirements and produces working software every few weeks. Agile makes it easier to predict the time and effort necessary to implement particular features, providing greater transparency into the software development process. Agile projects can actually end sooner than expected because working software is delivered with each iteration. At any time the progress and business value created by the application can be evaluated to determine if it is ready to be released and meeting customer expectations. This approach helps our clients to reduce costs, mitigate risk and see progress everyday. There are no more surprises. Projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. Pathfinder incorporates user experience design together with Agile to ensure that software is easy to use, bringing you the best of both worlds. Through continuous testing and constant feedback, time and money are not wasted developing un-necessary features that no one will use.

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