I was running through some blog links this morning and came across this gem from Elizabeth Hendrickson, someone whose books I love but hadn't put her blog in my aggregator for some strange reason.

From this blog post Defining Agile Results, Characteristics and Practices

comes this gem:

"I define Agile in terms of results. Specifically, Agile teams:

• Deliver a continuous stream of potentially shippable product increments
• At a sustainable pace
• While adapting to the changing needs and priorities of their organization"

I like the way its spelled out simply, concise and is the goal of many of the Agile groups I have worked with, or have been trying to get that way.  I am definitely going to be using it, and thinking of it, when I work on my upcoming projects.