The most obvious difference between hardware and software is that hard goods cannot be undone, twisted, adapted and adjusted at the same rate, or minimal impact to cost and time as software...
So can Agile principles be applied to hardware product development and help you and your project team achieve flow? Yes!
In fact, we’ve adopted Agile practices as part of the Playbook Method. However, due to the differences of hardware product development vs. software development, hardware product development projects ideally require a hybrid approach that includes not just Agile but practices from Theory of Constraints, and Lean as well. In celebration of Valentine's day, here is a free eBook.
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