The Benefits of Agile,
the Needs of HW Development

Welcome to the MAHD Community

Welcome to the MAHD community!

We strongly believe in the principles of agile, but they must be modified for physical products. One of our first efforts was to develop a model, the Modified Agile for Hardware Development (MAHD, pronounced /mad/) Framework, to support the unique needs of hardware. This model is based on our combined 50 years of experience with every process you can imagine such six sigma, lean, phase-gate, scrum, concurrent engineering, SAFe, and more. Each process has something to offer and our goal was for the MAHD Framework to provide the most efficient methods without overwhelming terminology and dogma.

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Joe Justice’s Agile for Hardware Vs. The MAHD Framework

In this blog, we asked ChatGPT to compare Joe Justice’s agile approach based on his experiences with Tesla vs. the MAHD Framework’s approach using this prompt:

“Compare the advantages and disadvantages of joe justice agile vs the MAHD Framework”

Waterfall for Product Development Manifesto and 12 Principles

The Agile Manifesto for Software only needs minor changes to work for Hardware-based solutions. The primary differences are 1) hardware iterations cannot always “working” product to show progress and 2) while “individual” success is important in both software and software, it’s the collaboration of disciplines and teams that ultimately drive success for hardware solutions. Download the Agile Manifesto: HW Vs. SW to see how they compare along with the Five Pillars for MAHD Success.

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The Benefits of Agile,
the Needs of HW Development

Welcome to the MAHD Community