The Agile Mechanism

The Agile Mechanism
What mechanism makes that teams and organizations who act according to the Agile Manifesto can respond to change faster and that they deliver more added value with very low costs ?   The Agile Manifesto itselve does not really gives an answer to this, I think.
Maybe it does in this format :
Interaction between people to deliver working software in close collaboration with the customer delivers good and early feedback, which leads to adapting the plan if needed
Hmmm … already better, but not yet the clear cup of water I’m looking for.
What about a picture ? A cycle ? The Circle of Agility …


It all starts with interaction.
In interaction feedback is born.
People learn from this feedback so they come to closer understanding. Understanding of each other and understanding of the vision and the product.
As mentioned earlier you need understanding to be able to Focus. The stronger the Focus, the more will be delivered.
Each delivery creates added value (is  what they actually meant when they wrote ‘working software’ in the Manifesto 🙂 ).
Delivering a whole makes it natural to evaluate what was delivered and learn from it.   Learning about the product and learning about the process. ( How strong was the focus, the learning and the interaction?).
The knowledge of what can be done better will be easily followed with improvements of the way of working. This again, will lead to better Interaction, heavier Learning and stronger Focus.
A new cycle is started.       Working together triggers interaction ….
So, back to the original question:
Agile Teams and organizations can respond to change faster because they have a better understanding of what their doing, therefore they can easily adapt what they’re doing.
The actual delivey of Added Value is only a side effect of good interaction, good learning and good focus.   That Agile Teams deliver more for less, is due to a strong Focus that prevents the execution of useless activities.
Would you agree ?