What Agilists Can Learn From the Manufacturing Industry

Agile, Open, and Digital. Several years ago, the Air Force coined this term as part of its Digital Century Series initiative, a new approach to building fighter jets. While the Digital Century Series may be dead in the water, the idea of Agile, Open, and Digital lives on and is making some headlines in the manufacturing world and the world of business in general.

But what can Agilists learn from this idea? Are there any analogs in the software space? What about when it comes to organizational design and systems architecture? Mike Cottmeyer sits down to explore this idea of Agile Open Digital and the implications for the Agile industry.

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