One of the 12 principles of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development is “Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility” which shows just how important the concept of quality was to those people.

Over the years, however, the focus has shifted away from quality with the excuses of “time to market” and “good enough”.

Decades before the Agile Manifesto, Benjamin Bloom’s introduced the notion of ‘mastery’ in education and this talk proposes we unite the two.

In this talk, agile author Geoff Watts will delve into the relevance and need for mastery as envisaged by Bloom in the current agile landscape.

We will explore the potential repercussions of the drift away from diligence and meticulousness and, by leveraging the ideas of Bloom, we will uncover how agile teams can instill a mindset of Mastery to reinvigorate the Agile Manifesto’s principle of continuous attention to excellence.