12th Principle signatory growth rate plotted from Bill Caputo's JSON data. plot ![]()
Unique in the manifesto, the 12th principle's subject is the containing organization, not the delivery effort itself. However, it neither prescribes nor promotes a wider organizational structure. Instead, it suggests to members of the wider organization what is needed in successful delivery environments. A mistaken belief that such environments naturally arise from deploying Agile has resulted in the erosion of the 12th principle as Agile spread beyond the ideals of it's founders; its rarity is a key element of the increasing claims that Agile has outlived its usefulness. We'd like to change that. site ![]()
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Bill Caputo cleverley asked for tweets as signatures which engaged that social network. He captured these and appended them to his manifesto. A flash crowd ensued.