We get things wrong before we get things right. Alistair Cockburn More Quotes by Alistair Cockburn More Quotes From 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 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