Agile, but make It Work: How we customize Agile for each Project

In 2025, nearly every software company claims to be “Agile.” But anyone who has worked on large-scale digital transformation knows the truth: strict textbook Agile rarely survives the first real project.

At Indrivo, we believe that Agile is a mindset, not a dogma. We don’t force Scrum or Kanban on clients. Instead, we tailor Agile practices to the realities of each engagement, ensuring they deliver the outcomes you need.

Here’s how we make Agile actually work in practice.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Classic Agile frameworks (like Scrum) assume:

You have small, co-located teams
Stable priorities
Dedicated product owners
Minimal dependencies

But many of our clients operate:

In highly regulated environments (insurance, banking, public sector)
With distributed stakeholders
Across multiple languages, cultures, and approval chains

For them, a pure Scrum sprint with a 2-week increment might be impossible. That’s why we adapt.

Our Agile Toolbox

Instead of enforcing a single framework, we mix and match:

Scrum — For product-centered, iterative development
Kanban — For continuous flow, especially in support/maintenance projects
Scrumban — A hybrid for flexible prioritization
Scaled Agile — For large, multi-team projects with complex governance

Example:
When developing Bizon360, our project platform, we combined Scrum for the feature roadmap with Kanban for infrastructure and bug-fixing.

Built-In Flexibility

Agile should adapt to the business, not the other way around.

We work with each client to:

Align Agile ceremonies to their organizational culture
Adjust sprint lengths to stakeholder availability
Add stage gates where compliance requires approvals
Keep documentation lightweight, but enough to satisfy regulators

Real-World Example
In the public sector, we built a solution with quarterly milestones (waterfall-style signoffs) while maintaining 2-week sprints for development, satisfying both auditing and agility needs.

Empowered Teams with Guardrails

Agile works best with empowered teams — but empowerment needs boundaries. We set:

Clear definitions of done
Shared quality standards
Consistent reporting to stakeholders
Transparent scope change processes

This blend of freedom plus accountability is what actually drives high performance.

Continuous Learning

Finally, we regularly run Agile retrospectives not just within teams, but across the entire account. This lets us:

Capture what works
Adapt what doesn’t
Share practices across projects

For example, lessons from Angajat.md’s implementation were directly reused in Project ONE, saving weeks of ramp-up.

Final Takeaway

Agile is not a rigid rulebook — it’s a toolkit.

At Indrivo, we tailor Agile to the client’s domain, culture, and product. That’s what makes it stick, and what makes it successful.

If you’re struggling to make Agile work for your organization, let’s talk. We’d love to share our experience adapting Agile for everything from high-compliance insurance systems to rapid-deployment public platforms.