Why Agile Doesn't Work For Hardware In The Same Way (Katherine Radeka) - When Agile Gets Physical
Katherine Radeka describes what makes Agile less compatible for hardware, and why it's different.
Cost of change is the most important difference between hardware and software. Everything in Agile software development was designed for an environment where cost of change is very low. If you see a problem on a website, you can go ahead and fix it at any point. But for physical products, the design work is only the start. The manufacturing organization needs the knowledge to produce the goods, but can't change things as easily and quickly as digital products.
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Cost of change is the most important difference between hardware and software. Everything in Agile software development was designed for an environment where cost of change is very low. If you see a problem on a website, you can go ahead and fix it at any point. But for physical products, the design work is only the start. The manufacturing organization needs the knowledge to produce the goods, but can't change things as easily and quickly as digital products.
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