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Oji challenges the long-held assumptions surrounding Agile, arguing that its era has come to an end. The methodology was designed for a slower world of software delivery, but today's AI-driven velocity has made it obsolete. Hear Oji explain:

  • Why Agile never truly worked in highly creative, high-uncertainty environments.
  • How AI collapses development cycles, making Agile obsolete.
  • What a new “AI-at-the-core” methodology could look like for the next generation of products.

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So this system was built with slow, slowest, slow, okay? And now we have slow, super fast. If you're using AI tools and still a little slow, you know, these things go up like two x. For discovery, maybe 1.5 to two x for marketing. This has gone 10 x faster, and so you cannot do agile the way that it was done because it invented for a different speed.quotation-marks icon
Oji Udezu ,
Co-Author, ProductMind

THE NEW DEFAULT angle

Here’s a practical checklist to adapt Agile for the era of AI-assisted development:

    • Reevaluate Agile methodologies in light of today's accelerated, AI-driven workflows.

    • Adapt traditional processes to match the pace of AI-enabled tools — and avoid bottlenecks.

    • Spot and correct speed mismatches across discovery, development, and delivery.

    • Facilitate team discussions on navigating the shift from slower cycles to AI-enhanced execution.

    • Build a new framework to measure productivity gains from AI-powered acceleration.