Roots of Agile Methodology

Bit of discussion at lunch today about agile methodology and roots.

IMHO, these 2 links are what I consider to be main roots of the modern agile movement:

• http://agilemanifesto.org/ and
• http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html

If you are looking further, this paper looks pretty exhaustive with more than 50 year history of agile:

• http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/16606/1/xp2008camera_ready.pdf

The paper refers to a very approachable book that compares / contrast different agile methodology. Worth a gander too:

• Larman C. (2004). Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide. C. Alistair and H. Jim, Pearson Education, Inc.