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Agile is all about micromanaging!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Consider these:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">You are coding and someone is talking about your code as you type it (Pair programming).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Every day you stand up and tell the whole group what you did yesterday and what you will be doing today (Daily Scrum meeting).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">You retrospect about what you did well and what you can improve on (Retrospective)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">You show everybody exactly which task you are working on and how it is progressing (Visible card wall)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">You respect work in progress limits (Kanban WIP limit)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">You make a code commit and let everyone know about it. 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