Is Agile / Agility Dead?

Recently, it has become a question I hear frequently at conferences, between the lines, and on corridor fm.

It has been a subject that I have thought about a lot. After going through the intricate paths of my thoughts, my conclusion is that agile practices can die, change shape, and agile principles and values can be updated. But if Agile is a mindset, it would be dramatic to say that's why it died.

From what I have seen/read, it is said that agile is dead to underline the mistakes made in the name of agility so far.

Whether huge companies or small startups, when they try to implement a plug-and-play model that is not suitable for their own way of doing business, both at home and abroad, just because it is the trend, they fall into disrepair. I did not see that the mistakes learned were shared easily. There are many people who say we did it this way and it worked, but no one says we did it this way and we failed. I think the treasure is hidden there. This is the treasure here that fills the back of the sentence Agile is dead.

If I had a company, my design principles would be as follows;

- determining a hybrid model based on need rather than adhering to a practice

- While doing this, manage the change by involving the teams/understanding their needs instead of telling them that you will work like this from now on.

- Instead of saying that everyone in the team is doing their job, ensuring that the team gets to know itself and develops exit strategies* to improve their competencies and ensure a pleasant transfer of knots within the team.

- Finally, instead of running R&R with strict lines, create an autonomous and cross-functional team with competent people who share the same dream.

Communication/governance methods and policies are determined, they are included, they are competent and their competence development is supported, and their knowledge/presence is embraced.

And if I can establish a team/organization consisting of authorized people, I don't have to say anything, I can work agilely. I can call it MIRT if I want.

Movement In Real Transformation or Merve's Advanced Rhetorical Technique :)

As a result, after going through such a complicated path, I could not find any tangible evidence that was not a human error to say that Çevik was dead.

Well, I can't help but ask the question that comes to my mind.

When does Agile die?

Whatever happens, do you think Agile is dead?

stay agile :)

Merve Ergenç

*When a transformation is made in existing organizations, everyone moves into a role and a chaos environment occurs because they cannot do what they used to do due to the expectations of their role/there is no specific strategy for transferring know how. It is important to create a transfer bridge between new entrants and those with know-how and to put forward an exit strategy after the transfer is completed.