Agile Beyond Iterations - Agile development

Agile adoption is not successful just by working under the umbrella of  iterations.

I have seen many teams work in iterations but are not agile.To be agile, the teams should self-organize and commit to the sprint goals.

Team:

• Teams should continuously deliver working software every iteration.
• The team should ensure that a testable features/stories are developed within every iteration

Developers:

• Developers should understand the concept of evolving software Architecture.  
• Developers should keep in mind that the code written will be revisited to re-factor - to enhance the functionality as well as the architecture.
• Automated Unit testing is not optional, it is mandatory to be successful.

QA:

• As the features are developed iteratively, QA should emphasize on automation to support the incremental and continuous functionality testing. 

Product owners:

• The stories should be written properly and clear acceptance criteria should be defined.

Scrum Masters:

• Inspect and Adapt- Retrospection meetings should be facilitated for continuous improvement.

Mgmt:

• Team goals should be given significant weightage while defining individual objectives.