nexus/wiki/concepts/AgilePractices.md

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Agile Practices	concept	agile scrum kanban devops	devops-culture-and-transformation-fostering-collaboration-agile-practices-and-innovation-linkedin	2026-04-22

Summary

Agile Practices are iterative development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) that emphasize continuous delivery, customer collaboration, and adaptability. In the DevOps context, Agile and DevOps are symbiotic — Agile focuses on iterative development while DevOps extends agility to operations, together enabling end-to-end speed and quality. Agile frameworks provide the delivery cadence while DevOps provides the operational excellence to sustain it.

Key Frameworks

Scrum

• Structured sprints with defined timeboxes
• Roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development Team
• Ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective

Kanban

• Continuous flow model (no fixed sprints)
• Visual board with WIP limits
• Focus on throughput and cycle time

Agile + DevOps Integration

• CI/CD as Agile Accelerators: Automating testing and deployment shrinks feedback cycles from weeks to minutes
• Value Stream Mapping: Lean technique to identify and eliminate waste in Agile/DevOps workflows
• Shift-Left: Moving operations concerns (security, performance) into Agile sprints

Connections

• DevOps Culture — Agile and DevOps are symbiotic; DevOps extends Agile to operations
• CI/CD Pipeline — CI/CD accelerates Agile feedback cycles
• Value Stream Mapping — Lean technique for Agile/DevOps workflow optimization
• Shift-Left Testing — Agile practice of moving testing earlier in the lifecycle
• Project State Management — Event Sourcing as an alternative to Kanban-style collaboration (see Conflict Area in overview.md)