RAD (Radical Adaptive Development) is Buildly’s evolution of Agile—automation-first, AI-assisted, and shaped for the real pace of modern software. Flow over frameworks. Transparency over tickets. Outcomes over ceremonies.
I’ve stood on both sides of the stand-up circle: developer and Scrum Master. Agile rescued us from waterfall and big-up-front design—no question. But in an era of AI-assisted development, aggressive CI/CD, and component-driven architectures, fixed sprints and ritualized ceremonies often slow the actual flow of work. RAD keeps Agile’s spirit—continuous reflection and adaptation—and removes the drag.
The smallest process that preserves clarity, alignment, and speed.
Replace rigid sprints with adaptive radical intervals—micro-cycles that match real work, not calendar blocks.
Let AI handle repetition—issue splitting, estimates, reporting—so people focus on design, architecture, and decisions.
Unify decisions, designs, and code. Buildly Labs links Slack, Figma, and repos so the “why” travels with the “what.”
AI summarizes signals in flight—blockers, load, drift—so teams adjust now, not at the end of a sprint.
Every architectural choice and AI recommendation is visible and explainable. No black boxes.
Ship when ready. Feature flags, CI, and tests replace calendar-driven delivery.
Inside Buildly Labs, BabbleBeaver acts as a collaborative layer: planning, surfacing risk, keeping decisions attached to code, and turning daily signals into live retrospectives.
Agile was right for a pre-AI, pre-automation era. RAD keeps the values—collaboration, responsiveness, continuous improvement—and removes the ceremony. It’s how teams work now.