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No. 45 — Remain Open to Fresh Learning
There is a tendency in software development to prescribe that certain types of learning be done only in certain phases of the project, or only by people who have been properly anointed with the correct title.
The truth, however, is that the best results are usually obtained when everyone on the team is allowed to learn new things at all points in the project. This doesn’t mean that the project needs to immediately stop and incorporate every new learning, but it does mean that artificial constraints on learning should not be imposed, and that new learnings should at least be considered at all points in the project, no matter who makes the discovery.
This is the idea supporting the assertion of the Agile Manifesto that they value “customer collaboration over contract negotiation” and “responding to change over following a plan.”
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