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    Agile Creativity: Agile Principles For Creative People: Steve's Creative Advice, #2
    Agile Creativity: Agile Principles For Creative People: Steve's Creative Advice, #2
    Agile Creativity: Agile Principles For Creative People: Steve's Creative Advice, #2
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    Agile Creativity: Agile Principles For Creative People: Steve's Creative Advice, #2

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    Agile Creativity is about getting more done creatively – by ensuring creativity is also productivity!

    Agile Creativity takes the core ideas behind Agile software development and applies them to creative efforts like art, writing, costuming, and more.    If you've used Agile methods, you'll find new ways to think about Agile.  If you're not familiar with Agile, you'll get introduced to a new world of more productivity with less stress!

    You'll discover:
    * How the Manifesto for Agile Software applies to creative activities, and provides a foundation for almost any work.
    * Re-interpretations of the Twelve Principles of Agile Software for creative activities, giving you a new perspective on how to get creative work done.
    * In-depth examinations of the Twelve Principles, what they mean, and how they can guide you to achieve more  with less stress.

    It's time to take the powerful ideas behind Agile and take your creativity to the next level!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSteven Savage
    Release dateMar 7, 2019
    ISBN9781386604457
    Agile Creativity: Agile Principles For Creative People: Steve's Creative Advice, #2
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    Steven Savage

    Steven Savage is a biologist, natural history writer, lecturer, and an associate member of the Institute of Biology in England. He teaches about ocean biology and has written more than thirty-seven natural history books for children.

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      Agile Creativity - Steven Savage

      Agile Creativity

      Agile Principles For Creative People

      (First Edition)

      By Steven Savage

      Copyright © 2018 by Steven Savage

      All Rights Reserved. The materials in this book are provided for the personal use of the purchaser of the book. No redesign, editing, reproductions, or creations of a derivative work from these materials is permitted without the permission of Steven Savage. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, including but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written permission – except for the inclusion of quotations in a review or personal use.

      The information in this book is offered with the understanding that it does not contain legal, financial, or other professional advice. Those interested in such advice should consult a competent, properly-certified professional.

      While it is the sincere intent of this publication to provide accurate information in regard to the subject matter, the authors and all those affiliated with the publication of this book assume no responsibility for events occurring to any person or entity taking action or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication.

      This book is not completely comprehensive. Some readers may wish to consult additional forms of information, some of which are provided inside this book.

      This book is provided as is without warranty of any kind.

      AUTHOR: Steven Savage

      www.StevenSavage.com

      www.InformoTron.com

      EDITOR: Bonnie Walling

      COVER ARTIST: Steven Savage

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Other Books by Steven Savage

      Keep Up With The Author

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      Creative Work, Creative Challenges

      The Agile Manifesto

      Agile Principle #1: Early And Continuous Delivery Of Value

      Agile Principle #2: Embracing Change

      Agile Principle #3: Frequent Usable Delivery

      Agile Principle #4: Daily Contact

      Agile Principle #5: Support People

      Agile Principle #6: Facetime

      Agile Principle #7: Usable Work

      Agile Principle #8: Sustainability

      Agile Principle #9: Doing It Well

      Agile Principle #10: Simplicity

      Agile Principle #11: Self-Organization

      Agile Principle #12: Review

      So, What’s Next?

      Recommended Reading

      About The Author

      Other Books by Steven Savage

      Fan To Pro: Leveling Up Your Career Through Your Hobbies

      Her Eternal Moonlight: Sailor Moon's Female Fans In North America, An Unauthorized Examination (with Bonnie Walling)

      Convention Career Connection

      The Way With Worlds Series

      Way With Worlds Book 1: Crafting Great Fictional Settings

      Way With Worlds Book 2: Details And Discussion

      Sex And Worldbuilding: 50 Questions For Creatives

      Magic, Technology, And Worldbuilding: 50 Questions For Creatives

      Food, Culture, And Worldbuilding: 50 Questions For Creatives

      Religion And Worldbuilding: 50 Questions For Creatives

      Worldbuilding Checkup: 50 Questions For Creatives

      The Creativity Series:

      Agile Creativity

      The Power Of Creative Paths

      The Focused Fandom Series

      Focused Fandom: Cosplay, Costuming, And Careers

      Focused Fandom: Fanart, Fanartists, and Careers

      The Career Series

      Epic Resume Go!

      Quest For Employment

      Resume Plus

      Skill Portability

      Keep Up With The Author

      Keep up with all my books by subscribing to my newsletter. You'll get updates on my project, free content, and more!

      You can find out more about what I'm doing at www.StevenSavage.com.

      You can find my books and more free resources at www.InformoTron.com

      Acknowledgments

      Thanks to Carson, Dennis, Charlie, Andy, John, Serdar, Bonnie, Scott, and everyone else for feedback and more.

      Thanks to David Allen for starting me down the personal productivity path.

      Introduction

      This book is about getting more creative work done, more effectively, and with less stress. I’d like to get to the actual advice, but this is also the kind of book that requires an explanation. Some things are easier when you get the why behind them.

      In 2017, I started writing a novel; not remarkable as I’d been writing for decades, but remarkable in that it was my return to fiction after a long absence. I had written books on careers and creativity, but it was time to do something else.

      As many of my friends and I were working on creative projects at home and/or at work, I wondered how to do such things better. As I had been trained and had used Agile methods and approaches, I decided to use them on my novel and elsewhere.

      Of course at this point you, dear reader, fall into one of two categories. You either know what Agile is or you don’t. If you do, you can skip the next section.

      If not, let’s have a quick aside on Agile. Trust me, it’s worth it.

      The promised quick aside on Agile

      You’ve probably heard of Agile if you have any contact with Project Management, organization, productivity, etc. I like to say Agile is a Philosophy of productivity, embodied in Methods of how to do things.

      Its history, in a format condensed enough that Agile professionals like myself won’t argue over it too much, is as follows:

      A lot of management and productivity techniques have been top-town – orders, schedules, hierarchy, etc. Build a plan, stick with it, drive from the top.

      For the last few decades of the 20th century (and informally throughout human history), people also have known this whole plan-it-then-try-it method doesn't work. They’ve tried to create other ways to be productive.

      Software blew the lid off of a need to find new ways to organize. Software turns all the problems in making anything up to eleven: it's fast, it's variable, it's evolving. The efforts to deal with these challenges were called Agile.

      In 2001, a whole bunch of Agile people met at a resort to discuss this and produced the Manifesto For Agile Software Development, often called the Agile Manifesto (agilemanifesto.org). They also detailed the 12 Principles behind the manifesto.

      This really

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