To be agile, you need to be able to ask, "Is this agile?" If you're ever in doubt about whether a particular process, practice, tool or approach adheres to the Agile Manifesto or the 12 Principles, you can refer to the Agile Litmus Test list of questions.

CONSIDER the project you are currently working on in this class. For each question, answer Yes or No, and explain your response in a sentence or more.

1. Does what we are doing at this moment support the early and continuous delivery of valuable software?

2. Does our process welcome change and take advantage of change?

3. Does our process lead to and support the delivery of working software?

4. Are the developers and the product owner working together daily? Are customers and business stakeholders working closely with the project team?

5. Does our environment give the development team the support it needs to get the job done?

6. Are we communicating face to face more than through phone and e-mail?

7. Are we measuring progress by the amount of working software, product, or system produced?

8. Can we maintain this pace indefinitely?

9. Do we support technical excellence and good design that allows for future changes?

10. Are we maximizing the amount of work not done namely, doing as little as necessary to fulfill the goal of the project?

11. Is this development team self-organizing and self-managing? Does it have the freedom to succeed?

12. Are we reflecting at regular intervals and adjusting our behavior accordingly?

If you answered "no" to any of these questions, what can you do to change that answer to "yes"?

If you answered "yes" to all of these questions, congratulations; you are truly working on an agile project!

B. Definition of Done

• If the Definition of Done needs to be changed, based on the Sprint Review, then when is it updated?