AI in Agile: Fad, Silver Bullet, or Evolution?
Agile has always promised adaptability, customer value, and continuous improvement, but its history is riddled with executive-driven silver bullets. From the overuse of the Spotify model to the rigid application of SAFe, we’ve seen organizations latch onto the “next big thing,” hoping to fix deep systemic issues with superficial solutions. It didn’t help that agile purveyors wrote books like Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, which could lead to unrealistic expectations.
