Is “Agile Dead”, or Is That Irrelevant? How to Focus on Value Creation in a Post-Agile World
By Team Lean Agile Intelligence
Some say Agile is dead. Others argue it's alive and evolving—especially with organizations like The Agile Network stepping up and advancing modern ways of working. But here’s the truth:
The question itself misses the point.
Leaders don’t care if you’re “doing Agile.” They care if you’re solving problems, moving faster, and delivering business outcomes.
Agile was never the point. Value creation was.
The Wrong Question, the Right Focus: Value Creation Over Labels
When people debate whether Agile is dead, they’re really circling around frustration—not principles. They’re reacting to over-commercialized training, rigid frameworks, and superficial adoption. But asking whether Agile is alive or dead distracts from the core issue:
Are we delivering value that matters to the business?
Most executives never cared about Agile terminology or whether teams were using Scrum, SAFe, or LeSS. They cared about measurable results. Faster time to market. Greater responsiveness. Clear alignment between strategy and execution.
So the better question is:
How do we make agility real—and turn it into sustainable value creation, agile maturity, and measurable outcomes?
The Real Problem: The Framework Trap and Stalled Agile Maturity
For years, frameworks promised transformation—but too often became the goal themselves. Teams got stuck in ritual: sprint planning, retrospectives, velocity charts. In many cases, agility became more about process compliance than solving real problems. You can check out this post for more information on “Why the “Agile” Label Failed Some Organizations.”
That’s what we call the Framework Trap—blindly adopting a methodology without tailoring it to your unique context, goals, or agile capabilities. When agility becomes disconnected from business outcomes, frustration follows.
Spoiler: The framework was never the problem.
It’s how we used—or misused—it.
What Leaders Actually Want: Agile Capabilities That Drive Agile Maturity and Value Creation
Agility should serve something bigger. It’s a means to an end—not the end itself.
Organizations that succeed don’t chase buzzwords. They build the agile capabilities and practices necessary to grow their agile maturity and deliver lasting impact.
✅ Real business value
✅ Alignment of strategy and execution
✅ Rapid adaptation to market shifts
✅ Continuous learning and measurable improvement
This is the essence of value creation—and it requires a thoughtful, structured approach to building agile maturity across the organization.
🎙 Webinar: Let’s Talk About It – Value Creation, Agile Maturity, and What Comes Next
Is “Agile Dead”, or Is That Irrelevant?
📅 April 8 | 🕛 12 PM EST | ⏱ 60 minutes by Bob Ternes
Join us for a bold conversation that challenges Agile orthodoxy and refocuses the conversation on what matters: value creation, agile capabilities, and agile maturity—not frameworks.
You’ll walk away with:
✅ A tool to align your change efforts with business goals
✅ A clear path to avoid the Framework Trap
✅ Practical strategies to reframe your Agile, Lean, or Product initiative around measurable value creation and agile maturity growth
Whether you're a coach, consultant, or internal change agent—this session is for you.
It Was Never About Agile. It’s About Results—and the Capabilities That Deliver Them
The question isn’t whether Agile is alive. It’s whether your organization is delivering outcomes that matter—and building the agile maturity to sustain that success long-term.
Real agility comes from clarity, pragmatism, and relentless focus on value creation—enabled by strong agile capabilities and purposeful investment in agile maturity.
So let’s stop chasing trends and start building the foundation for meaningful, lasting change.
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