agile

The Agile Reference Library

An open-source collection of practitioner guides covering every aspect of agile delivery — from team-level practices to organisational scaling.

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Foundations
Core frameworks and team-level practices
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Agile Metrics & Estimation
agile / agile-metrics
Velocity, cycle time, lead time, throughput, burndowns, story points, Planning Poker, PERT, Monte Carlo.
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Scrum Framework
agile / agile-scrum
Roles, events, artifacts, and the Scrum values — a complete practitioner reference.
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Kanban
agile / agile-kanban
WIP limits, flow, classes of service, cadences, and flow metrics.
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Ceremonies & Templates
agile / agile-ceremonies
Facilitation guides and templates for planning, standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
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Scaling
Agile at team-of-teams and enterprise level
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SAFe
agile / agile-safe
Scaled Agile Framework — PI planning, ARTs, lean budgeting, and enterprise agility.
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LeSS
agile / agile-less
Large-Scale Scrum — scaling Scrum across multiple teams with minimal overhead.
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Shape Up
agile / agile-shapeup
Basecamp's alternative to sprints — appetite, pitches, and the betting table.
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Engineering Practices
Day-to-day craft and delivery quality
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User Story Writing
agile / agile-userstories
As a / I want / So that, INVEST criteria, acceptance criteria patterns, and story splitting.
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Technical Debt Management
agile / agile-techdebt
How to identify, classify, track, and pay down tech debt within sprints.
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Definition of Done
agile / agile-dod
Building a strong DoD — criteria by team type, anti-patterns, and examples.
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Measurement & Maturity
How to know if it's working
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DORA Metrics
agile / agile-dora
Deployment frequency, lead time for changes, MTTR, and change failure rate.
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Agile Maturity Model
agile / agile-maturity
Team self-assessment frameworks — from ad-hoc to high-performing.
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Team Health Checks
agile / agile-health
Spotify squad health model, NPS for internal teams, and facilitation guides.
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People & Leadership
Teams, culture, and organisational effectiveness
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OKRs for Agile Teams
agile / agile-okrs
Connecting team Sprint goals to company objectives and key results.
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Team Topologies
agile / agile-topologies
Stream-aligned, platform, enabling, and complicated-subsystem team types.
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Psychological Safety
agile / agile-safety
Westrum culture model, measuring safety, and how to build it deliberately.
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