25 Years of Agile: Do We Need a New Manifesto in the Age of AI? @thoughtworks
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Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This month marks 25 years since the Agile Manifesto reshaped how software is built around the world.

In an era defined by AI-native development and rapidly evolving practices, do agile’s original principles still hold? Or is it time for something new?

At the Software Development Retreat, Rachel Laycock sits down with Martin Fowler to reflect on what’s changed, what still matters, and how agile thinking should evolve for the next chapter of software delivery.
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25 Years of Agile: Do We Need a New Manifesto in the Age of AI?

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