It’s absolutely an agile idea. The core of agile development is the ability to iterate quickly. Shift left for certain things enables the cycle to shorten and accelerate iteration.
The useful core idea of "shift left" is early collaboration between development and various testing functions.
But, again, that was being done in many organizations (and for sure, in most successful chip companies) well before anything was ever labeled agile.
The useful core idea of "shift left" is early collaboration between development and various testing functions.
But, again, that was being done in many organizations (and for sure, in most successful chip companies) well before anything was ever labeled agile.