A New Context for Agile

readers of both the cutter blog and the agile executive are probably familiar with my my view that agile nowadays is deployed in a new context. the agile roll-out is at the very heart of the confluence of major changes in markets, value chains and technological capabilities. markets are tilting toward hyper-segmentation; value chains are being populated with prosumers; and, technological capabilities are becoming a problem of choosing, not of choice. hence, the real starting point for the agile roll-out, indicated by the you are here marker in figure 1, is comprehending the implications of the merging of these three trends in the context of the client’s business.

figure 1: a new context for agile

dzone has just published an interview with me on the subject. click here for details, including a discussion of the nature and power of ‘super-fresh’ code in the new context.