A critical lens on attempts to combine project management with agile delivery approaches.
Hybrid Agile is a label frequently used by organisations attempting to bolt agile practices onto project structures. The intention may be to gain flexibility without losing perceived control, but the outcome is rarely effective. Instead of blending strengths, Hybrid Agile often produces the worst of both worlds: rigid governance with the illusion of agility.
This tag should be used to surface critical analysis and evidence of failed hybrid implementations—where delivery teams face conflicting expectations, leadership clings to fixed plans, and agile roles are reduced to ceremonies rather than empowered accountability.
Hybrid Agile tends to preserve command-and-control thinking while adopting agile language, creating a mismatch between intent and structure. It is not a viable long-term strategy. At best, it’s a transitional state. At worst, it erodes trust, delays feedback, and locks in dysfunction.
Use this tag to challenge weak or diluted implementations and highlight the need for coherent systems of work rather than tactical compromises.
We partner with businesses across diverse industries, including finance, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, technology, engineering, transportation, hospitality, entertainment, legal, government, and military sectors.
Emerson Process Management
Higher Education Statistics Agency
Philips
Lockheed Martin
Freadom
CR2
Jack Links
Epic Games
Schlumberger
DFDS
Boxit Document Solutions
Xceptor - Process and Data Automation
Akaditi
MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd.
Graham & Brown
Flowmaster (a Mentor Graphics Company)
Hubtel Ghana
Boeing
Department of Work and Pensions (UK)
Washington Department of Enterprise Services
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Ghana Police Service
Royal Air Force
Washington Department of Transport
Slicedbread
Slaughter and May
Freadom
Epic Games
Bistech
Kongsberg Maritime