How does innovation blend with agile product development?

Innovation thrives when collaboration is fostered by encouraging agile practices, when teams feel free to bring up out-of-the-box ideas, and when user feedback is used effectively. Agile practices match well with the Build-Measure-Learn innovation processes that test ideas early with customers. Customer feedback then directs the product back-log, out of which the product is delivered in small working increments. Such continuous feedback cycles allow products to evolve efficiently, whereby the ‘ideas repository’ continuously feeds into the product back-log. Ideas can be prioritized using strategically aligned OKRs . Alternatively, tools like solution opportunity trees or ideation workshops are used to design experiments that are then fed into the product backlog for development [ ... ]