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Agile

An iterative approach to building products in small, frequent increments rather than one big release.

Agile is a philosophy of working in short cycles, shipping small pieces often, gathering feedback and adapting — instead of planning everything up front. Frameworks like Scrum and Kanban put it into practice.

Agile's emphasis on transparency and frequent, documented progress suits distributed teams well, which is why "agile experience" appears in so many remote engineering and product listings.