Introduction

Agile practices emphasize process flexibility and the quick delivery of value. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review looks at how the agile software development process is being used as a management strategy, with lessons from ING bank, Toyota, Spotify, and others.

From “Consider Culture When Implementing Agile Practices”:

  • Agile practices help organizations bring products and services to market quickly and enable them to adapt nimbly to changes in the technology landscape.
  • A challenge to implementing agile practices globally is accommodating cultural differences. For example, openly expressing thoughts and opinions to authority figures and publicly discussing successes and failures are accepted practices ...

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