Authors : Ezichi Adanna Anokwuru; Tony Isioma Azonuche

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 1 - January

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26jan979

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Abstract : This study examined the measurable impact of Agile product development combined with iterative data science integration on efficiency, decision quality, and regulatory readiness within healthcare innovation pipelines. Using a quantitative-dominant mixed-methods design, the research evaluated longitudinal performance data from Agile healthcare product teams before and after the embedding of analytics-enabled decision pipelines. Key performance dimensions included development cycle time, decision velocity, product-market fit, and regulatory readiness, operationalized through outcome- oriented metrics such as sprint cycle duration, predictive insight utilization, feature validation rates, and compliance artifact completeness. The findings demonstrated that analytics-enabled Agile execution produced substantial reductions in cycle time, improved process stability, and accelerated decision-making without increasing reversal rates, indicating more confident and durable choices. Product-market fit improved significantly as user adoption, stakeholder acceptance, and validated feature delivery increased earlier in the development lifecycle. Importantly, regulatory readiness was enhanced rather than compromised, with continuous documentation generation, improved traceability, and faster compliance issue resolution embedded within sprint workflows. These results suggest that Agile methodologies, when augmented by structured data science pipelines, can function as learning systems that align innovation speed with regulatory rigor. The study contributes empirical evidence to healthtech product management literature by demonstrating that analytics- integratedAgile frameworks enable healthcare organizations to scale innovation, improve market alignment, and strengthen compliance confidence simultaneously, offering a viable model for sustainable and responsible healthcare product development.

Keywords : Agile Product Development; Healthcare Innovation Pipelines; Iterative Data Science Integration; Cycle Time Reduction; Regulatory Readiness.

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