The Ultimate Question — Plan-driven vs Agile

Whether the buyers of the software have an executable software system that meets their needs and does useful things for the individual user or the organisation

Explanation

The issue of whether a project can be labelled as plan-driven or agile is not very important. Ultimately, the primary concern of buyers of a software system is whether or not they have an executable software system that meets their needs and does useful things for the individual user or the organisation. In practice, many companies who claim to use agile methods have adopted some agile practices and integrated these with their plan-driven processes.