I need to give a lecture on Agile. Can you point me to any material that explains the concept please

Hello Simon,

You can start your lecture with the following definition:

Agile methodology is an iterative, incremental and flexible approach towards software development (as most of the methodologies that fall under Agile umbrella are used for software development projects) in which a potentially shippable product gets developed at the end of each iteration.

By potentially shippable I mean completely developed and tested.

Please go through Agilemanifesto.org and Scrum alliance websites. You can also refer to
http://links.mountaingoat software.com. The owner of this website MikeCohn explains Agile concepts in a much better way.


I hope the mentioned information helps.


Regards

Sastry

http://agilemanifesto.org/
The Agile Guide is also useful

Beyond @John stated above let me recommend Rick Dove´s book "Response Ability". The book contains the results created where Agile and agility was born: USA DoD/NSF Agility Forum, University of Leihigh, 1990.

http://agilemanifesto.org/
The Agile Guide is also useful

Beyond @John stated above let me recommend Rick Dove´s book "Response Ability". The book contains the results created where Agile and agility was born: USA DoD/NSF Agility Forum, University of Leihigh, 1990.

Also PMI's Agile Practice Guide is a good primer for the concept