Values vs. Principles vs. Practices
Values vs. Principles vs. Practices in the Iron Cage of Death*: Three Go in, One Comes Out
Discussions about where to start with Agile approaches tend to devolve into “you got your practices in my values”...”no, you got your values in my practices.” Trying to bridge the gap, some folks say, “look at the principles for guidance.” None of these works.
In reality, we have to have it all. We need values to use as filters for our decisions. We need principles to give us ideas about what values look like when they come out of the clouds and into actual...