Alistair Cockburn Professions : Software developer Born : November 19, 1953 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Alistair Cockburn Agile is an attitude, not a technique with boundaries. An attitude has no boundaries, so we wouldn't ask 'can I use agile here', but rather 'how would I act in the agile way here?' or 'how agile can we be, here?' Alistair Cockburn technique use attitude Focusing on skills, communications, and community allows the project to be more effective and more agile than focusing on processes and plans. Alistair Cockburn communication community skills I consider C++ the most significant technical hazard to the survival of your project and do so without apologies. Alistair Cockburn hazards apology survival We get things wrong before we get things right. Alistair Cockburn A well-functioning team of adequate people will complete a project almost regardless of the process or technology they are asked to use (although the process and technology may help or hinder them along the way). Alistair Cockburn technology team people We are still in the infancy of naming what is really happening on software development projects. Alistair Cockburn infancy projects development Similar Authors Eric Sink software-developer Ken Schwaber software-developer Jeff Sutherland software-developer Wil Shipley software-developer Ron Jeffries software-developer All Authors
