Agile principles and values influence and enable organisations to adapt to an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous clientele. Though cumbersome to adopt, agility is a practice best experienced by forming small, autonomous teams that continuously strive to deliver value to their end consumers.
Agile came from humble beginnings as a yardstick in software development, and, has now begun to enshrine itself in project management as well. The Agile Manifesto of 2001 called for valuing human interaction, a collaborative mindset, adaptability, and, a solid product over the so-called “means” to achieve an end – process, comprehensive documentation, contract negotiation, and, plan-based actions. The literature on the concept will constantly call for organisational training opportunities to “become Agile.”
