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What Is Agile Manifesto? This Might Surprise You!

When the IT industry talks about the Scrum framework, we also often hear the term "Agile Scrum" along the same lines as "Scrum". It led some of us in the industry to think and look for differences between the terms "Agile Scrum" and "Scrum".

Here is good news for you. The terms "Agile Scrum" and "Scrum" refer to the same framework. Both names refer to Scrum, which is widely used in software engineering and other complex work. Then why do we sometimes use the word "Agile" in front of "Scrum"?

It's because the Scrum framework embraces the Agile Manifesto (Manifesto for Agile Software Development) to its core process, principles, and underlying philosophy. Let’s understand the Agile Manifesto and the values behind Scrum before we explore how the framework works.

Agile manifesto values:

• Individuals and interactions over processes and tools,
• Working software over comprehensive documentation,
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation,
• Responding to change over following a plan.

While the factors on the right-hand side do still possess significant values, the agile manifesto appreciates and prioritizes the factors on the left-hand side more highly.

The elements favored by the agile manifesto have been carefully time-tested and chosen to:

• Serve clients and stakeholders better and create value for them with software,
• Enhance the profession of software engineering regardless of your role, title, and career level.