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# Long description

This figure is laid out as a table. Reading from top to bottom, it says the following.

Manifesto for Agile Software Development

We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it.

Through this work we have come to value:

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

Responding to change over following a plan

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

Kent Beck

James Grenning

Robert C. Martin

Mike Beedle

Jim Highsmith

Steve Mellor

Arie van Bennekum

Andrew Hunt

Ken Schwaber

Alistair Cockburn

Ron Jeffries

Jeff Sutherland

Ward Cunningham

Jon Kern

Dave Thomas

Martin Fowler

Brian Marick

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