Agile-waterfall hybrid product development in the manufacturing industry — Introducing guidelines for implementation of parallel use of the two models

Agile development methods received a lot of attention throughout research and industry in recent years. Hybrid agile-waterfall models become increasingly prominent, mostly building one process model by combining elements of the two systems. We propose that there is reason to use the two of them parallel within the same product development project. Based on this assumption we present potential challenges faced in designing and managing such a project. We introduce a framework to categorize these, and suggest matching approaches to overcome them aimed for use by practitioners in the field.