The Evolution of Agile

Over the course of the 20+ years since then, Agile has continued to grow and evolve in both size and variety, all the way through to the most recent developments including?Kanban?and an increasing number of frameworks for large-scale multi-team Agile.

Challenging the Status Quo of Waterfall

Agile approaches began to be utilized as an alternative approach to the status quo of project management directly challenging the traditional waterfall methodology, which at the time was dominant throughout Software Development.

Growth outside of the Tech Industry

The roots and origin of Agile principles and practices lie firmly within the area of Software Development, and as such have been, and still largely are, synonymous with the technology sector. However, since its initial inception, Agile has progressively become more widely recognized and employed outside of Tech with a far more diverse range of industries and business functions now utilizing Agile techniques. Agile made the workability smooth during Covid-19 when work from home was all that was possible.

The Development of Scaling Agile

As the complex nature and size of Agile initiatives have grown over the years, so too has the need for techniques and frameworks that enable Agile to be applied at a much larger scale. While Scrum and Kanban are typically utilized at the single team level, or perhaps by a small number of teams, large-scale Agile was specifically developed to be implemented at the multi-team/enterprise level enabling tens and even hundreds of Agile teams based across multiple locations, to work collaboratively in a cohesive and productive manner.