Leveraging the Capabilities of AGILE Instructional Design Strategies

For many learning organizations, the term “AGILE” has become a hot topic. Often, when referred to in a business sense, AGILE strategies tend to focus on more project management or software development areas (such as with achieving continuous improvement, maintaining scope, increasing flexibility, obtaining team inputs, and with delivering high-quality products) than on instructional design strategies. Although AGILE strategies traditionally have their roots in these areas, they are also increasingly being used and adapted by many other learning and development fields as well.

In the field of instructional design, AGILE strategies have been credited for not only helping instructional designers to create and implement efficient learning solutions more rapidly, but also with ensuring that learners continue to be successful at performing effectively in times of constant change.