Agile Isn’t Dead and AI Isn’t Killing It Either

About this episode

This episode reframes Agile as an enduring capability in the context of AI's impact on software delivery.

I keep seeing “ Agile is dead ” headlines, now repackaged for the AI era. My take: AI isn’t killing Agile. AI is illuminating constraints that were already in the value stream. AI can do market research, write documentation, write code fast - it can’t take accountability. As AI compresses execution time, rebundles responsibilities, and enables smaller teams with faster release cycles, the real work shifts to human judgment: decision-making, validation, security, governance, and operating safely in production. This episode reframes Agile and agility as an enduring capability , and explores what must evolve when software delivery accelerates dramatically with AI. Link to the article : Agile Isn’t Dead and AI Isn’t Killing It Either , originally published January 24, 2026. Connect with me on LinkedIn

People in this episode

Host: Phil Clark

Topics covered

• Agile
• AI
• software delivery
• human judgment
• decision-making
• value stream

Keywords

• Agile
• AI
• software development
• market research
• accountability
• release cycles
• human judgment

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Books & works: Agile Isn’t Dead and AI Isn’t Killing It Either

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