Agile in 2025: Insights to keep your team ahead
Welcome to the first edition of Easy Agile Stories!
This edition is all about helping you and your team get ready for 2025. Whether it’s keeping up with trends, revisiting essential practices, or just staying informed, we’ve pulled together some valuable resources to make the year ahead a little smoother.
Let’s jump in.
Agile in 2025: Expert Predictions and Industry Trends
~5 min read
From more distributed teams to deeper customer focus, Agile experts and the broader community are already seeing shifts that could shape how we work in the coming year. Our latest analysis reveals the eight major Agile predictions and trends you can prepare for right now.
Essential Reads for an Agile 2025
Three must-read resources to help your team gear up for the year ahead.
Agile Sprint Planning Guide
~10 min read
If you’re looking to refine your sprint planning process, this guide offers practical advice to help teams plan smarter and deliver more consistently.
Guide to PI Planning
~15 min read
This guide simplifies the PI planning process with clear advice for aligning goals and executing effectively—even across time zones.
Guide to User Story Mapping
~18 min read
This updated guide walks through the essentials and provides actionable steps to improve how your team builds value and prioritizes customer experience.
The Agile Grapevine
Industry Pulse & Community Buzz
📰 Industry Updates: PMI Acquires Agile Alliance
The Project Management Institute (PMI) just acquired Agile Alliance, causing quite a stir in the Agile community about what this means to Agile professionals and project management in general. We'll just have to wait and see.
💬 What's trending in the Agile community
Agile pioneer Jim Highsmith recently shared his latest perspective on bridging Agile and traditional project management on LinkedIn. He argues that successful integration requires focusing on value delivery rather than methodological purity. What do you think?
That's all for this edition! What would you like to see in future newsletters? Customer success stories? Deep dives into specific Agile practices? Team collaboration tips?
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