We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it.  Through this work we have come to value:

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

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

Kent Beck, Mike Beedle, Arie van Bennekum, Alistair Cockburn, Ward Cunningham, Martin Fowler, James Grenning, Jim Highsmith, Andrew Hunt, Ron Jeffries, Jon Kern, Brian Marick, Robert C. Martin, Steve Mellor, Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland, Dave Thomas  © 2001, the above authors this declaration may be freely copied in any form, but only in its entirety through this notice.