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Agile Mindset & Values
Foundation
Agile Manifesto — 4 Values
Individuals & interactions, working software, customer collaboration, responding to change
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Agile Manifesto — 12 Principles
The principles behind the manifesto and how they guide team behaviour day-to-day
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Agile vs Waterfall mindset
Understanding the key philosophical differences between iterative and sequential approaches
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Embracing change over following a plan
Comfort with ambiguity and ability to adapt when requirements or priorities shift
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Iterative & Incremental Delivery
Core Concept
Sprints / Iterations
Short, fixed-length cycles of work with a defined goal and a shippable output
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MVP — Minimum Viable Product
Delivering the smallest version of something that still creates value and allows learning
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Continuous feedback loops
Seeking and using regular feedback from customers and team to improve direction
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Definition of Done
Shared team agreement on what "complete" means for any piece of work
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People & Collaboration
Human Side
Self-organising teams
Teams that decide how to do the work rather than being directed step-by-step
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Cross-functional teams
Teams that have all the skills needed to deliver — without depending on external departments
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Psychological safety
Creating an environment where people feel safe to speak up, fail, and learn
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Servant leadership
Leading by removing obstacles and supporting the team rather than controlling or directing
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Customer & Value Focus
Purpose
Customer-centric thinking
Keeping the end user's needs at the centre of every decision and prioritisation
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Prioritising value over process
Knowing when to bend a process to deliver more value — not following rules blindly
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User Stories
Writing requirements from the user's perspective: "As a [user], I want [goal] so that [reason]"
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Backlog management & prioritisation
Maintaining an ordered list of work and deciding what delivers most value first
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Inspect & Adapt
Continuous Improvement
Retrospectives
Regular team reflection on what went well, what didn't, and what to improve next
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Empirical process control
Transparency, inspection and adaptation as the pillars of decision-making under uncertainty
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Kaizen — continuous improvement mindset
The habit of always looking for small improvements rather than waiting for big changes
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Metrics & velocity
Using data like velocity, cycle time, and burndown to understand team performance
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Your Capability Profile
Based on your self-assessment — share this with your mentor to start your first session
✦ Strengths (4–5)
▲ Focus areas (1–2)
→ Suggested path
Suggested learning sequence
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