How to use the 12 Scrum principles

Vollcom Digital GmbH
2 min readAug 19, 2021

The goal of a software developer and the development team is to offer the customer the greatest possible benefit. First of all the purpose of agile principles is to help teams to focus on their goals using simple techniques.

The Agile Software Development Manifesto summarized 12 principles.

What is Agile Software Development?

Agile software development is a term for many frameworks and practices that are based on certain principles that are found in the Agile Software Development Manifesto and summarized in the 12 principles.

You should adhere to these if you want to approach agile software development. What makes Agile different from other methodologies is that it focuses on people and collaboration in self-organized teams. This means that teams have the opportunity to decide for themselves how to solve tasks.

The 12 scrum principles

  1. our top priority is to satisfy the customer by delivering valuable software early and continuously
  2. welcome requirement changes, even late in development. Agile processes leverage change for the customer’s competitive advantage
  3. deliver working software frequently, from a few weeks to a few months, and prefer shorter time frames
  4. business people and developers need to collaborate daily throughout the project
  5. Build projects around motivated people. Give them the environment and support they need and trust them to get the job done
  6. the most efficient and effective way to communicate information to and within a development team is face-to-face
  7. working software is the most important measure of progress
  8. agile processes promote sustainable development. Clients, developers, and users should be able to maintain a steady pace indefinitely
  9. constant attention to high technical quality and good design promote agility
  10. simplicity — the art of maximizing the amount of work not done — is essential
  11. the best architectures, requirements and designs emerge from self-organizing teams
  12. periodically, the team reflects on how it can become more effective and adjusts its behavior accordingly

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