How Much Agile Does Your Startup Really Need?

I get this question from time to time: "How much Agile do we really need?"

My answer:

Enough to serve the team and the product — not the process.

I often see two extremes:

• Chaos disguised as “flexibility,” or

• Overbearing process that slows everything down.

  
  

The right amount of Agile is whatever helps you:

• Ship valuable work regularly,

• Adapt fast when priorities shift,

• Keep your engineers aligned and energized.

Sometimes that's just a whiteboard and a morning sync.

Sometimes it’s full sprints, tight ceremonies, or even SAFe — when the scale, complexity, and cross-team coordination really demand it.

Agile isn’t the goal. Building a resilient, high-performing organization is.

Enough Agile is when it helps more than it hurts.

How have you right-sized Agile for your team as you’ve grown?

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