I feel like the nature of work management systems is changing at a rate that we probably haven't seen in our own lifetimes. I get asked by students all the time whether Scrum or Agility is on the way out or here to stay.
I honestly don't know the answer to that question.
What do you think is going to happen in the near and distant future to work management systems? Disruption? Stagnation? Innovation?
I think whatever works will ultimately be the path everyone follows, at least in a free market. If "Agility" or "Scrum" or anything else can't be demonstrated to generate a ROI, it will be increasingly difficult to convince leaders to invest in it. If that's true, then the safest thing we can do as practitioners is to focus on measurable outcomes- stuff that we couldn't have achieved without using whatever approach we're advocating. Staying flexible on the approach, and continuously measuring outcomes and adjusting, will always be necessary. ......which sounds like a pretty good definition of "Agile" to me anyway.