FrAgile Manifesto

We are uncovering better ways to stagnate progress and innovation by blocking ourselves and others.

Through this, we have come to value:

Embracing complexity over seeking simplicity.

Prioritizing deception and concealment over transparency and honesty.

Valuing hierarchy and tenure over innovation and expertise.

Adhering to rigid plans over adapting to change.

That is, we only value items on the left!

Principles behind the FrAgile Manifesto:

• Our highest priority is to satisfy leadership and stakeholders, even when they are wrong and disconnected from employee feedback, user/end-user needs, and market conditions.
• Welcome changes as everything is "Priority 0" or "Priority -1," even late in our development cycle. We deliver to make leadership happy!
• We stagnate delivery/progress. The longer it takes, the more changes we can include. It doesn't matter if requirements are not understood; we deliver half-baked products.
• Business people disregard technology teams to the point that it is better to outsource them than have them internalized.
• We build projects around the concept of the Liars Club. We don't trust anyone to get the job done; we pay cheap workforce to get things done.
• We hide behind complex processes and, as part of our Liars Club practice, we conceal information and wait for someone else to make mistakes. We avoid face-to-face conversations or use our rank to subjugate others.
• Our measure of progress is based on who benefits our hidden agendas, and we lower our lack of progress by exposing others.
• We keep teams, sponsors, developers, and users separated. Information should be provided on a need-to-know basis.
• We don't value technical excellence as we see it as an expenditure; therefore, we outsource this so we can blame others for it.
• Complexity is essential as it is a way to justify how special we are.
• We buy out requirements and designs, then force them into our teams even when these don't fit the products and teams.
• We always seek to avoid ownership and commitments; we ask to be empowered to stagnate further and avoid responsibility.