Hard Agile, Soft Agile, and Not Agile
Labeling every non-pure Agile approach as “waterfall” is not helpful. Big Design Upfront only exists in the first quadrant, which we can indeed label as “Not Agile.”
Allocate Capacity Across Investment Horizons
Who is responsible for Maintenance? Are Improvement and Extension ideas gathered on a shared backlog, or are they kept separate? And how does the organization reserve time for true Disruption?