Agile methods are becoming more and more established and are now also used on a large scale in hardware and regulated environments.

Many companies face challenges on how to adapt agile practices to the special characteristics of hardware development in their own company. For companies that develop hardware, the benefits of Agile offer great value. When Agile is implemented for hardware projects, you will see improved visibility, predictability, ability to respond to changing business needs, and improved ability to collaborate with software teams.

Let’s take a look at the automotive industry, it is clear that it has gone through a revolution. With profound technological innovation, new safety standards and shifting consumer attitudes, manufacturers have had to rethink and adjust their strategy when building cars. These changes have made automotive development more complex and has forced design teams to adapt. Now they have to adhere to new safety regulations such as Automotive Spice and ISO 26262, and prove compliance within their processes. As a result, there is a far greater need to use modern tools and technology to further evolve how they align teams, verify functional safety, and ensure they are building the right products.

We held a webinar together with our Applied SAFe transformation partner Co-Improve. Among other things, Co-Improve specializes in agile hardware consulting. In this webinar we briefly addressed the following questions:

• Where do agile methods come from?
• Where to meet agile methods?
• What is scaled agility?
• What does it take to implement scaled agility in a regulated environment, e.g. in compliance with A-Spice?

Language: German, Slidedeck

This webinar was held in 2018 prior to the Agile@Hardware conference.