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, . . .