Engineering the Future: Agile for Hardware with MAHD

Developing physical products—those that integrate hardware, software, and firmware—is uniquely challenging. Unlike software, physical products can't be easily "updated" in the field. Teams must navigate long procurement lead times, high production costs, and multi-disciplinary collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, software, and procurement. Traditional Waterfall methods dominate because many Agile approaches, designed for software, fail to address these realities, leaving hardware teams stuck with inefficient, often chaotic processes.

The Modified Agile for Hardware Development (MAHD) Framework bridges this gap. MAHD adapts Agile principles to the constraints of physical product development, enabling organizations to achieve superior results by focusing on hardware-first strategies. Since 2017, MAHD has been successfully implemented in over 100 hardware organizations, leading to transformational outcomes, including:

• Faster time-to-market without sacrificing quality.
• Seamless cross-functional collaboration across engineering, software, manufacturing, and procurement.
• Accelerated learning cycles to align teams, adapt quickly, and reduce risk.
• Effective customer feedback loops for early concept validation and precise feature prioritization.

In this session, MAHD Evangelists Dorian and Vishal will share three critical elements of the MAHD Framework that help hardware organizations achieve competitive, technical, and organizational success. Attendees will gain insights to:

• Improve collaboration across disciplines.
• Incorporate Agile principles into physical product development.
• Deliver hardware products faster, smarter, and more profitably.

Join us to learn how MAHD can transform your hardware development process—and give your team a lasting competitive edge. Get a head start and peruse what MAHD is all about at http://mahdframework.com.