Adam on Projects (Agile Edition)
Adam On: Projects (Agile Edition) includes a cross section of axioms from Adam on: Projects Volumes 1 and 2 that specifically relate to Agile Project Management. In addition to curating axioms from the two main volumes, the Agile Edition offers three axioms that are unique to this edition.
The tables below show all the axioms in the Quotations Edition, organised by their origin: Volume 1, Volume 2 or Original to this book.
Axiom Index
Original to the Agile Edition:
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# 121. Everything in the agile mindset derives from four first principles. - Four First Principles Drive the Agile Mindset |
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From Volume 1:
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# 1. The source of project success. - Project success flows from people thinking and working naturally together. | |
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# 21. Everything in every project evolves! - Everything in every project evolves, regardless of its lifecycle, methodology or context. | |
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# 47. How do teams self-organise? - You can't "manage" a team to be self-organised. | |
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# 22. Is there purpose in your iteration? - Iteration without purpose trends towards Brownian motion. | |
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# 26. Just because you want to do agile doesn't mean you can. - Just because you want to do agile doesn't mean you can or should do it. | |
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# 28. The saddest oxymoron of the 21st century. - A team wanting to perform adaptive agile as it was intended must leverage every ounce of their courage and values to make it work. | |
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# 27. The triple helix of Agile evolution. - Successful agile endeavours must evolve along multiple distinct but related threads. | |
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From Volume 2:
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# 63. Realisation of a Shared Vision - A shared vision is the only mandatory element of any project; everything else is optional. | |
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# 74. Creativity is not about thinking outside the box. - Forget thinking outside the box - true innovation lies where there is no box! | |
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# 114. Dematerialisation is eating your project! - Dematerialisation is eating your project. | |
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# 108. Just because agile welcomes change. - Just because agile welcomes change doesn't mean that change is impact-free. | |
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# 69. Keep working the edge! - For continuous and sustainable improvement over time, keep working the edge. | |
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# 73. Last Responsible moment. - The "Last responsible moment" may have been last week! | |
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# 79. Never interact without an artifact! - Never interact without an artifact! | |
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# 85. Never make an animated version of your product! - Never make an animated version of your product because reality will never live up to expectations. |
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# 78. Project knowledge—we've got both kinds! - Knowledge is either 'in the mind' or 'in the world'; only knowledge 'in the world' can bind a team. | |
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# 94. The scarcest project resource. - Often the scarcest resource in a project is the accurate and current knowledge of how the "as-is" solution works. | |
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# 80. There are no bad documents. - There are no bad documents, only bad knowledge management. | |
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# 81. There are only two kinds of project documents. - There are only two kinds of project documents: blueprints and records. |