Proactive vs. Agile — What's the Difference?

(of a person or action) creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened

Able to move quickly and easily

Acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty; anticipatory

Relating to or denoting a method of project management, used especially for software development, that is characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work and frequent reassessment and adaptation of plans

Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble.

Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently;

Mentally quick or alert

(of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.

Characterised by quick motion.

Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

Moving quickly and lightly;

Mentally quick;