3 ms·No. Agile is a subset of TPS (toyota production system)/Lean applied to software.by patothon 7y agoNo. Agile is a subset of TPS (toyota production system)/Lean applied to software.mempko 7y agoAnd scrum? TPS is explicitly an influence on scrum.patothon 7y agoScrum is just an instance of the agile manifesto. TPS/Lean > Agile > Scrum. Kanban for example is another instance of the agile manifesto.mempko 7y agoScrum existed before the agile manifesto. It's probability more accurate to say Agile is a mix of those things.iaml 7y agoActually, lean is lean applied to software. Agile is Henry Ford's interpretation of lean applied to his factories, applied to software.