LEARN. PRACTICE. GROW.Understand the concept
An adaptive approach enables learning from frequent delivery and changing priorities. Iterative means refining through cycles; incremental means adding usable portions. They can coexist. A hybrid approach may retain governance milestones and use short cycles for automation development, provided responsibilities and interfaces are clear.
Apply and decide
Make work visible and limit concurrent work to expose blockers. Delivering a small portion validates assumptions sooner but does not remove quality requirements. When priorities change, assess objectives and capacity rather than silently adding work to an already busy team.
Guided application
A team develops automation whose ideal behavior still needs feedback. It can first deliver a usable capability and observe users instead of starting every feature. Refining a prototype is iterative; adding a usable capability is incremental. An approach can combine both. In Scrum, work that does not meet the Definition of Done is not part of the Increment and returns to the Product Backlog for future consideration. Do not confuse informal acceptance with meeting agreed quality. Limiting work in progress helps expose blockers and finish work. In a hybrid approach, clarify which decisions follow milestones and how adaptive work connects to budget, dependencies, and acceptance.
A team first delivers a reconciliation report for one fund, receives feedback, and expands to others. It learns and adds value in stages.
Common pitfalls
Counting unfinished work as Done; starting everything to appear faster.
Related topics: Discover requirements and validate outcomes · Projects, operations, and value
Adapting means learning from evidence while keeping objectives and quality clear.
Reference: The Scrum Guide · CAPM ECO 2023; official outline consulted 2026-09-29