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Martin Fowler and Neal Ford tackle the following question: Why does Agile software development work so well? They provide advice and stress the importance of communication, feedback as a crucial part of software development, the importance of boosting the creativity of developers, and how introspection is essential to continually improving the project.

Explaining Agile

Martin Fowler

Martin Fowler is an author, speaker, IT specialist and British consultant in the conception of companies’ software. He wrote, in particular, a reference book on refactoring and co-wrote a reference book on projects planning in extreme programming with Kent Beck, creator of the method. He is a member of Agile Alliance and is the co-author of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

Neal Ford

Neal Ford is a software architect at ThoughtWorks. ThoughtWorks is a global IT consultancy company specialized in end-to-end software development and delivery. Neal Ford is also the designer and developer of applications, various materials, articles, videos and author of many books.

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