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15 of 17 co-authors gather to cite successes, share disappointments, and propose directions
Co-authors of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, which is changing the course of how software is developed, reunited in Utah on Monday evening to field questions about the about the impacts of the document since it was formulated more than 10 years ago and what it could mean for the future.
Also known as the Agile Manifesto, the document has served as a treatise on use of agile programming, in which software is developed in short iterations, allowing for changing of requirements and leveraging motivated developers working in teams. Agile programming has offered an alternative to 25-year-old waterfall-based processes now considered cumbersome by many. Fifteen of the 17 co-authors gathered onstage at the Agile 2011...