Agile Manifesto
The Agile Manifesto defines the core values and principles that guide agile software development and encourage collaboration, adaptability, and continuous delivery of value.
“A statement on the values that underpin Agile software development. The values are: individuals and interactions over processes and tools, working software over comprehensive documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, responding to change over following a plan.”
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Published in 2001, the Agile Manifesto emphasizes individuals, working software, customer collaboration, and responding to change over rigid processes and documentation.
Four values: The manifesto introduces four core value statements that guide agile practices.
Twelve principles: Supporting principles explain how agile teams deliver value effectively.
Influence on testing: Agile testing encourages continuous feedback, collaboration, and early quality activities.
Real World Example
A regulated product team is preparing a release where Agile manifesto appears in reviews, test design conversations, or defect triage rather than as an isolated glossary word.
The risk is that the team treats Agile manifesto as interchangeable with nearby ISTQB terms. That makes test scope blurry and can lead to weak evidence for the release decision.
The tester anchors the discussion in the official definition, asks where the concept appears in the product, and designs examples that show the difference between Agile manifesto and similar ideas.
The page becomes useful in practice because Agile manifesto is connected to a specific testing decision, not memorized as a detached definition.
Practice Questions
Question 1
Which of the following is one of the four values of the Agile Manifesto?
Question 2
How does the Agile Manifesto influence testing practices?
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