A development methodology designed from the ground up for teams where AI agents work alongside human developers. Not a framework bolted onto agile—a fundamental rethinking of how software gets built.
We spent decades running agile at scale. Five release trains. Hundreds of developers. Thousands of sprints. We know what works. We also know what's broken.
Sprint boundaries that create artificial delays. Pre-planned teams that never have the right skills at the right moment. Estimation rituals that consume hours and predict nothing. Phase gates that exist to create the illusion of control.
Driftless doesn't patch these problems. It dissolves them.
The foundational shifts that define the Driftless approach.
Work moves when it's ready, not when the calendar says so.
Teams form around objectives and dissolve when complete.
You're the source of truth and direction, not a checkpoint.
Map complexity by landscape, not by made-up numbers.
Define where you're going. Let the swarm find the path.
Driftless speaks a different language. Not jargon for jargon's sake—new words because the old ones carry old assumptions.
Sprints
Expeditions
Backlogs
Terrain
Standups
Elevation Reports
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