Why is Agile Software Development Crucial for Building Solutions?

Agile is one of the most prominent project management methodologies organizations use regardless of size, scale, and nature. The methodology helps brands unify their procedures, address user concerns, boost collaboration, and promote test-based development.
Introduced in 2001, Agile can mitigate organizational risks and improve product quality, all within a span of multiple Sprints. However, despite the abundance of benefits incurred by Agile, many still do not understand the concept or its advantages.
If you are one of them, read through the blog to understand Agile and how it can assist your business.

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[Bill Raymond]

Is there a link to the blog?

I would like to share a personal concern. Agile is a term we in the industry use to help shape the new way we work. The focus is to rethink how we structure our business, focus on teams, reduce projects, focus on products, and be more competitive. All of that is based on a set of core values and principles.

How the work gets done is different for all organizations. So is how teams deliver, although Scrum seems to be quite popular at the moment. Even then, Scrum is a framework that by itself will not deliver value. The hope is that it does deliver value faster, but that is just one element of how we think about agile.

Project management methodologies, or frameworks, are typically focused on delivering something with a planned end date. Project management Teams can certainly adopt the same values and principles that the manifesto proposes.

What I warn here is that agile was not introduced in 2001. It was The Manifesto for Agile Software Development, which lays out a set of values and principles. It does not tell you how to do the work. The ‘how’ comes from teams figuring out what works best for them.

You may or may not disagree with me on this topic, but I would request you re-consider the idea that Agile is a methodology, project or otherwise.

Thanks for listening.