Software the Agile Way....

C ommunication - Most desirable is face–to–face communication where we can talk, respond, gesture and draw on a whiteboard. Less desirable are written documents. XP stresses communication through practices such as pair programming. S implicity - This is a value of XP teams because it keeps their focus on creating a solution to the problem faced today, not the problem anticipated tomorrow.They remain constantly focused on doing the simplest thing that could possibly work. F eedback - XP teams value feedback, and the more immediate the feedback the better. This is achieved by Pair programming, Continuous Integration,Automated Testing and from customers. C ourage - XP teams value courage. For example, they have courage to refactor their code (because they have automated tests to back up that courage).They will use a metaphor and maintain a simple design through refactoring and test driven development.

PO and team to demonstrate the working software increment to other stakeholders. The goal is to solicit feedback and then make changes to the backlog if appropriate. Think of it as User Acceptance Testing. Talk about the release plan and how the current sprint affected it. The PO should also be highlighting what is comming up in the next sprint. How are we going to deliver the potential business benefits of Agile? Did we pick the right delivery approach for the product and the right stakeholders? Did we coach and engage them well enough? Do they understand the importance of incremental, iterative development and the frequent feedback loops? If business is not available or interested are we really working on the right thing in the right setting? Are we engaging business in the right way?