[Verse 1] In the morning standup circle, stories dance across the board Agile principles are breathing, not just ceremonies stored Sprint planning with our voices, estimating what we'll build T-shirt sizes, story points, or no estimates to fill Velocity's our compass, tracking how our team can grow But it's principles that matter, not the rituals we show [Chorus] Code review culture, pull requests flying Documentation living, never dying DORA metrics measuring our speed Developer experience is what we need Technical debt classified and tracked Engineering culture keeping us on track [Verse 2] Architecture Decision Records, RFCs that tell the tale Runbooks for the midnight pages when our systems start to fail Test pyramid standing steady, unit tests upon the ground Integration in the middle, end-to-end tests crown around Pair programming when we're learning, mobbing when we're stuck Solo coding when we're flowing, choosing methods brings us luck [Chorus] Code review culture, pull requests flying Documentation living, never dying DORA metrics measuring our speed Developer experience is what we need Technical debt classified and tracked Engineering culture keeping us on track [Bridge] SPACE framework guides our thinking Satisfaction, performance linking Copilot helps us write the code But security's still our load Self-service environments spinning up Developer surveys fill our cup [Verse 3] CODEOWNERS guard the castle, turnaround time matters most Local dev environments humming, CI pipeline coast to coast Change failure rate declining, mean time to recovery fast Deployment frequency climbing, sustainable pace will last Friction melts like morning shadows, automation lights the way Engineering culture thriving, building better every day [Chorus] Code review culture, pull requests flying Documentation living, never dying DORA metrics measuring our speed Developer experience is what we need Technical debt classified and tracked Engineering culture keeping us on track [Outro] From Scrum to Shape Up methods From Kanban to Scrumban's threads Culture beats the tools we choose With engineering practices, we never lose
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