When Kent Beck first published Extreme Programming Explained in 2000 he invited us to embrace change. Certainly XP’s and Agile Software Development’s value system and practices support that. However, succeeding in Agile processes now requires more. We’ve come to value the successful delivery of the outcome of our work. It’s the value our “user stories” bring to business and end users that use the software that matter most. If user stories are a means to an end, then it’s the end that matters most.