Agile is an approach to project work that delivers in small, frequent increments and adapts the plan based on feedback, instead of fixing everything up front.
Agile grew out of software development and the 2001 Agile Manifesto, which values working results, collaboration with customers and responding to change over heavy plans and documents. Rather than one long project with a single delivery at the end, agile teams work in short cycles, show what they built, learn and adjust.
Common agile methods
Scrum organises work into fixed length sprints with set roles and ceremonies. Kanban focuses on visualising work and keeping it flowing. Many teams mix the two.
Example
A team building a mobile app ships a basic sign in and home screen in the first two weeks, gathers feedback from testers, and reorders the backlog before the next cycle based on what they learned.
Agile in Starlex
Starlex supports both styles in every project: a live Kanban board and a backlog with sprints.