Agile
Mature Organizations
Balances GTM strategy and product roadmap with engineering resources
Prioritizes projects
Automated CICD
Conducts appropriate testing
early and often
Predictable, high-quality releases
No defined process
Understaffed, putting out fires, lacks process discipline
Flies by the seat of their pants
Lacks automation
Testing by the wayside, guesswork
Fewer releases, problem-rich code
Immature Organizations
Waterfall
Constant push/pull between short-term issues and mid-term priorities
Linear, structured plan for delivery
Some automation
Testing at the end, less opportunity for iteration
Steady releases, but more fixes on back-end