Internal-oriented values
Some of the methodologies under Agile have explicitly specified the values that enhance agility. Scrum has specified the following values, along with their meanings: focus, courage, openness, commitment, and respect [xii]. Extreme Programming (XP) has specified the following values, along with their meanings: simplicity, communication, feedback, respect, and courage. [xiii]
There is also a view that the Agile Manifesto reflects four key values of agility. Some other values that are aligned with agility are: cooperation, craftsmanship, creativity, enthusiasm, excellence, flexibility, initiative, integrity, reliability, self-discipline, transparency, and trust.
Many enterprises encourage teams to pick and decide upon five to six values for the team from a set of values. Amazon has spelled out its values in the form of leadership principles [xiv], while Netflix has gone to great lengths to describe its culture [xv], and has expressed as here what makes Netflix different from other companies:
- Encourage independent decision-making by employees
- Share information openly, broadly, and deliberately
- Be extraordinarily candid with each other
- Keep only our highly-effective people
- Avoid rules