| Many people have only heard of XP or think that agile development is XP. This is a pity, because there are other agile methods that have a lot to offer. In an environment where a team emphasizes agility and continual improvement in capability through regular retrospectives and experimentation with methods, the other agile methods are an ideal source of ideas and practices. My favorites are: Adaptive Software Development [Highsmith 1999] and Agile Project Management [Highsmith 2004a] Lean Development [Poppendieck and Poppendieck 2003]. Lean development is inspired by lean manufacturing [Womack and Jones 1996]. Feature-Driven Development [Palmer and Felsing 2002]. Crystal [Cockburn 2001] [Cockburn 2004]. SCRUM [Schwaber and Beedle 2001]. Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) [Stapleton 2003]. DSDM introduces a healthy business focus to agile techniques. Agile Development Ecosystems [Highsmith 2002] contains a good summary of agile development and agile methods.
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