The Future of Agile

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A Brief Overview of Agile

Organizations are increasingly adopting Agile approaches — such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and others — to develop products and services. Some of the top reasons are:

  • Flexibility: Agile approaches prioritize flexibility and the ability to adapt to changing requirements and circumstances easily. That’s advantageous in today's fast-paced business environment.
  • Faster Time-to-Market: Agile approaches emphasize quick delivery of working products or services, which enables businesses to rapidly respond to market demands and gain a competitive edge.
  • Customer-centric: Agile approaches focus on delivering value to customers, which helps businesses to better understand their needs and deliver products or services that meet those needs.
  • Collaboration: Agile approaches encourage collaboration and communication between team members, which helps to create a more cohesive and productive team.
  • Continuous improvement: Agile approaches prioritize continuous improvement, allowing teams to reflect on their performance and adjust their approach as needed to improve productivity and efficiency.

The Future of Agile

As technology advances and business environments become more complex, Agile remains a powerful approach for organizations to stay competitive and deliver value to their customers. This article explores trends shaping the future of Agile and the key factors that contribute to its success.

Scaling Agile

One of the key trends shaping the future of Agile is scaling. Many organizations are looking for ways to scale Agile across teams, departments, and even the entire organization. Doing so involves adopting frameworks like the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS), Disciplined Agile (DA), and others to coordinate and align multiple Agile teams to achieve common goals. Scaling Agile is essential to ensure that Agile practices are consistent across the organization, and that teams are working towards the same objectives.

Agile and DevOps

DevOps is another trend shaping the future of Agile. DevOps is a natural extension of Agile principles and values. DevOps aims to integrate development and operations teams to improve collaboration, streamline processes, and accelerate software delivery. As organizations increasingly embrace DevOps, Agile teams will need to incorporate DevOps practices into their workflow. This means that Agile teams will need to work more closely with operations teams and adopt new tools and practices to manage infrastructure and deployment.

Agile for Non-Tech Projects

Agile approaches were initially developed for software development projects. However, Agile principles and values can be applied to non-tech projects as well, such as marketing, HR, and finance. As organizations look for ways to improve their processes and adapt to change quickly, Agile will continue to gain traction in non-tech areas.

Agile with AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way businesses operate. Agile teams can leverage AI tools and techniques to improve software quality, automate testing, and optimize project management. As AI continues to evolve, Agile teams will need to adapt their processes and practices to best incorporate AI. Agile teams will need to work closely with data scientists and machine learning experts to identify opportunities to use AI in their projects.

Agile for Remote Teams

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend of remote work. Agile teams need to adapt their processes to work effectively in a remote environment. This includes adopting new collaboration tools, establishing clear communication channels, and adapting Agile events (previously referred to as ceremonies) to work in a virtual setting.

Conclusion

The future of Agile is bright. Organizations are increasingly adopting Agile approaches to the development of products and services. By embracing trends — such as Scaling Agile, Agile and DevOps, Agile for non-tech, Agile with AI, and Agile for remote teams — and advances in technology, organizations can improve their Agile implementations and competitive advantage.

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About Scott M. Graffius

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Scott M. Graffius, PMP, SA, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSM, CSPO, SFE, ITIL, LSSGB is an agile project management practitioner, consultant, multi-award-winning author, and international keynote speaker. He is the Founder of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ and subsidiary Exceptional Agility™. He has generated over $1.9 billion of business value in aggregate for Global Fortune 500 businesses and other organizations he has served. Graffius and content from his books (Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions and Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change), talks, workshops, and more have been featured and used by businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities. Examples include Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, Cisco, Gartner, Project Management Institute, IEEE, Qantas, National Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy, New Zealand Ministry of Education, Yale University, Tufts University, and others. He has delighted audiences with dynamic and engaging talks and workshops on agile, project management, and technology leadership at 84 conferences and other events across 25 countries. Visit https://ScottGraffius.com to learn more.

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Shifting customer needs are common in today's marketplace. Businesses must be adaptive and responsive to change while delivering an exceptional customer experience to be competitive.

There are a variety of frameworks supporting the development of products and services, and most approaches fall into one of two broad categories: traditional or agile. Traditional practices such as waterfall engage sequential development, while agile involves iterative and incremental deliverables. Organizations are increasingly embracing agile to manage projects, and best meet their business needs of rapid response to change, fast delivery speed, and more.

With clear and easy to follow step-by-step instructions,
Scott M. Graffius's award-winning Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions helps the reader:

  • Implement and use the most popular agile framework―Scrum;
  • Deliver products in short cycles with rapid adaptation to change, fast time-to-market, and continuous improvement; and
  • Support innovation and drive competitive advantage.

Hailed by Literary Titan as “the book highlights the versatility of Scrum beautifully.”

Winner of 17 first place awards.

Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle worldwide. Some links by country follow.


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Thriving in today's marketplace frequently depends on making a transformation to become more agile. Those successful in the transition enjoy faster delivery speed and ROI, higher satisfaction, continuous improvement, and additional benefits.

Based on actual events,
Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change provides a quick (60-90 minute) read about a successful agile transformation at a multinational entertainment and media company, told from the author's perspective as an agile coach.

The award-winning book by
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Whether you’re reading this article on the date of publication (with 2024 on the horizon) or are reading it sometime in the future, it's always the right time to invest in your professional development.

Step through a portal crafted from 24 acclaimed titles on Agile, Technology, and their intersection. This curated list of books can support your commitment to continuous improvement and help elevate your tradecraft.

This website is owned by Scott M. Graffius, the author of two multi-award-winning books on Agile -
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions and Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change. This article does not include Graffius’ books in order to advance objectivity and keep the spotlight on the works of other stellar authors.

Prices are in U.S. Dollar. Information was current and links were functional when this article was published. Names, marks, images, and content are the property of their respective owners.

Books are presented in alphabetical order—by title. Now, on to the list!

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Agile Estimating and Planning

  • Title: Agile Estimating and Planning
  • Author: Mike Cohn
  • ISBN-10‏:‎ 0131479415
  • ISBN-13: 978-0131479418
  • Paperback: $45.59

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Agile Game Development (Second Edition)

  • Title: Agile Game Development (Second Edition)
  • Author: Clinton Keith
  • ISBN-10: 0136527817
  • ISBN-13: 978-0136527817
  • Paperback: $49.59

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Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products (Second Edition)

  • Title: Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products (Second Edition)
  • Author: Jim Highsmith
  • ISBN-10: 0321658396
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321658395
  • Paperback: $45.22

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Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great

  • Title: Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
  • Authors: Esther Derby and Diana Larsen
  • ISBN-10: 0977616649
  • ISBN-13: 978-0977616640
  • Paperback: $16.79

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Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices

  • Title: Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices
  • Author: Robert C. Martin
  • ISBN-10: 0135974445
  • ISBN-13: 978-0135974445
  • Paperback: $79.32

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AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

  • Title: AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
  • Authors: Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan
  • ISBN-10: 0593238311
  • ISBN-13: 978-0593238318
  • Paperback: $20.00

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Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life

  • Title: Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
  • Author: Rory Sutherland
  • ISBN-10: 0062388428
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062388421
  • Paperback: $16.71

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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

  • Title: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
  • Author: James Clear
  • ISBN-10: 0735211299
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735211292
  • Hardcover (paperback not available at time of story): $13.79

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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games are Made

  • Title: Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games are Made
  • Author: Jason Schreier
  • ISBN-10: 0062651234
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062651235
  • Paperback: $12.61

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

  • Title: Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
  • Author: Robert C. Martin
  • ISBN-10: 0132350882
  • ISBN-13: 978-0132350884
  • Paperback: $47.49

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Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition

  • Title: Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition
  • Author: Lyssa Adkins
  • ISBN-10: 0321637704
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321637703
  • Paperback: $40.02

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Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World

  • Title: Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World
  • Authors: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
  • ISBN-10: 1633697622
  • ISBN-13: 978-1633697621
  • Hardcover (paperback not available at time of story): $22.31

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Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for Transformation in Your Groups, Trainings, and Retreats

  • Title: Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for Transformation in Your Groups, Trainings, and Retreats
  • Authors: Ken Nelson, David Ronka, Lesli Lang, Liz Korabek-Emerson, and Jim White
  • ISBN-10: 1732003300
  • ISBN-13: 978-1732003309
  • Paperback: $25.65

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Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos

  • Title: Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos
  • Authors: Darrell K. Rigby, Sarah Elk, and Steven H. Berez
  • ISBN-10: 163369870X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1633698703
  • Hardcover (paperback not available at time of story): $17.99

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Innovation Project Management: Methods, Case Studies, and Tools for Managing Innovation Projects (Second Edition)

  • Title: Innovation Project Management: Methods, Case Studies, and Tools for Managing Innovation Projects (Second Edition)
  • Author: Harold Kerzner
  • ISBN-10: 111993124X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1119931249
  • Hardcover (paperback not available at the time of story): $74.68

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Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit

  • Title: Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit
  • Authors: Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck
  • ISBN-10: 0321150783
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321150783
  • Paperback: $54.94

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Level Up: The Guide to Great Video Game Design (Second Edition)

  • Title: Level Up: The Guide to Great Video Game Design (Second Edition)
  • Author: Scott Rogers
  • ISBN-10: 1118877160
  • ISBN-13: 978-1118877166
  • Paperback: $34.00

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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

  • Title: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
  • Author: Chris Voss
  • ISBN-10: 1847941486
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847941480
  • Paperback: $14.95

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (2nd Edition)

  • Title: Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (2nd Edition)
  • Author: Martin Fowler
  • ISBN-10: 0134757599
  • ISBN-13: 978-0134757599
  • Hardcover (paperback not available at the time of story): $38.59

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Testing Computer Software

  • Title: Testing Computer Software
  • Authors: Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, and Hung Quoc Nguyen
  • ISBN-10: 0471358460
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471358466
  • Paperback: $42.58

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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

  • Title: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
  • Author: Michael Bungay Stanier
  • ISBN-10: 0978440749
  • ISBN-13: 978-0978440749
  • Paperback: $7.58

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The Design Thinking Toolbox: A Guide to Mastering the Most Popular and Valuable Innovation Methods

  • Title: The Design Thinking Toolbox: A Guide to Mastering the Most Popular and Valuable Innovation Methods
  • Authors: Michael Lewrick, Patrick Link, and Larry Leifer
  • ISBN-10: 1119629195
  • ISBN-13: 978-1119629191
  • Paperback: $26.00

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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

  • Title: The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
  • Author: Walter Isaacson
  • ISBN-10: 1476708703
  • ISBN-13: 978-1476708706
  • Paperback: $14.29

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Thinking in Systems

  • Title: Thinking in Systems
  • Author: Donella H. Meadows
  • ISBN-10: 1603580557
  • ISBN-13: 978-1603580557
  • Paperback: $20.66

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Conclusion

Leverage the 24 titles in this curated list of highly rated books to advance your lifelong learning, professional development, and continuous improvement. Level-up!


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How to Cite This Article

Graffius, Scott M. (2023, December 15). 24 Highly Recommended Books on Agile and Tech: List for 2024. Available at:
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Top 7 Agile Thought Leaders to Follow on X: 2024 Report

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If you're involved or interested in Agile — and you're on X (formerly known as Twitter) — this article highlights Agile thought leaders and influencers you may want to follow on the platform.

Here are the criteria and calculations for making the list for 2024.

How We Did It - Making the List of Top Agile Thought Leaders in 2024 - AgileScrumGuide_com - LwRes

We started with over 500 X (formerly known as Twitter) accounts and progressively refined the list down to the top seven. We're transparent about the criteria and calculations for making the list, so here's how we did it.

Note: AgileScrumGuide.com is owned by Scott M. Graffius, the author of two multi-award-winning books on Agile - Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions and Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change. Graffius is not listed in this Top 7 article so that there’s no appearance of a conflict of interest.

To qualify, accounts were required to meet all of the following six characteristics: 

  • Account is for a person or a professional association,
  • Account is three or more years old,
  • Account is active (defined as five or more tweets in the last 30 days),
  • 1,000 or more tweets,
  • 7,000 or more followers, and
  • 90% or more of tweets have engagement (e.g., likes and retweets).

The accounts meeting the above qualifications were then weighted and ranked ordered on three factors: 

  • Number of followers (weighted at 1x),
  • Number of tweets in the last 30 days (weighted at 1x), and
  • Percent of tweets with engagement (because this reflects the effectiveness of tweets, and to what degree they are connecting with followers, it was weighted higher—at 3x).

The top seven accounts are based on the above criteria and calculations. Now, on to this list!

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#1
| Project Management Institute (PMI)


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#2 | Henrik Kniberg

  • Twitter handle: @HenrikKniberg
  • Direct link: https://twitter.com/henrikkniberg
  • Bio/description as it appears on Twitter account: Former Minecraft game designer/developer/coach @ Mojang. Cofounder of http://GoClimate.com. Like to jam! Previously Spotify/LEGO. I'm MrHenrik in MC.

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#3 | Scrum.org

  • Twitter handle: @ScrumDotOrg
  • Direct link: https://twitter.com/Scrumdotorg
  • Bio/description as it appears on Twitter account: Scrum.org, the Home of Scrum, was founded by Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber as a mission-based organization to help people and teams solve complex problems.

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#4 | Jeff Sutherland


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#5 | Mike Cohn

  • Twitter handle: @MikeWCohn
  • Direct link: https://twitter.com/MikeWCohn
  • Bio/description as it appears on Twitter account: I'm an agile software development consultant, trainer, author and practitioner. I blog at http://mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog #MGSClasses

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#6 | Agile Alliance

  • Twitter handle: @AgileAlliance
  • Direct link: https://twitter.com/AgileAlliance
  • Bio/description as it appears on Twitter account: #Agile Alliance is a global nonprofit membership organization dedicated to people and organizations that apply the values and principles of the #AgileManifesto

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#7
| Scrum Alliance

  • Twitter handle: @ScrumAlliance
  • Direct link: https://twitter.com/ScrumAlliance
  • Bio/description as it appears on Twitter account: We advance real-world agility by equipping changemakers with what they need to get the job and get the job done.

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Conclusion

If you're involved or interested in Agile and you're on X, be sure to follow the seven agile thought leaders and influencers highlighted in this article.

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How to Cite This Article

Graffius, Scott M. (2024, January 15). Top 7 Agile Thought Leaders to Follow on X: 2024 Report. Available at:
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