Agile isn’t about speed, it’s about direction

Agile development is “faster”. But, it’s not about velocity, rather it enables you to correct your orientation. Adoption an agile process won’t make you move faster, but will still help you get to the destination sooner.

The term agile left software long ago and has crept into almost everywhere in business. Unfortunately, it’s often misunderstood and rarely well implemented.

Agile doesn’t make your team magically speed up its ability to close tickets. Instead, it speeds up the team’s decision-making process. It’s about orientation, not velocity. An agile workflow is one where you are able to quickly adjust direction based on short feedback cycles.

In an ineffective agile workplace, it can feel like sprints are every two weeks so that there’s greater management oversight. In an effective agile team, sprints last two weeks to enable the team to regularly check that it’s building something that customers actually want to have built. That’s why it’s important to have customers close to your product development teams.