###### Abstract  
Agile methodologies, along with the corresponding tools and practices, are claimed to facilitate teams in managing their work more effectively and conducting their work more efficiently while fostering the highest quality product within the constraints of the budget. Therefore, the rate of awareness and adoption of Agile frameworks both within and outside the software industry has increased significantly. Yet, the latest studies show that the adoption of Agile techniques and practices are not one-size-fits-all, and highlight the challenges, risks, and limitations regarding numerous domains. In this regard, the state-of-the-art literature provides comprehensive reading. However, in the case of hardware manufacturing, it seems to be sparse and fragmented. To fill this gap, the goal of this study is to analyze and present an in-depth account of the implementation of mix agile-oriented tools and practices. To tackle this goal, a single industry case study was undertaken, based on the primary data obtained through the interview protocol and the secondary data extracted from the project's documentation. The findings concern three areas. First, the rationale behind the implementation of agile for hardware development is explained. Second, the implemented agile techniques and practices are identified, as well as the supporting tools through which their adoption was successfully undertaken. Third, the areas positively impacted by their application are highlighted with the corresponding evaluation measures deployed; moreover, the barriers to adopting Agile practices encountered, and the benefits gained from particular techniques, are further discussed. The presented findings might be of great importance for both researchers and practitioners who are searching for empirical evidence regarding Agile-oriented implementations. Finally, in terms of both benefits and barriers, business implications for hardware development are formulated. Alongside this, numerous open issues and questions present interesting research avenues that concern, in particular, the effectiveness of collaboration and areas of communication through the lens of agile techniques and practices.  
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On the other hand, the hardware businesses have also come across many obstacles and hardships in their way of updating existing and developing new products. The reasons for their failures can be divided into three categories: technical, financial, and sales/marketing [6]. It should be noted here that the second and third categories do not fall into the scope of our study, and will therefore not be further tackled. The first group of technical issues occurs during the development and early manufacturing stages often concern [6]:  
* underestimating the product development;
* underestimating the complexity of scaling to mass manufacturing;
* poor quality testing;
* product overcomplexity;
* overpromising to customers.  
To deal with these issues successfully, numerous methodologies, frameworks, and single methods have already been adopted by applying a different set of assumptions and settings, due to the unique needs of both the product and manufacturer. However, recent studies show that hardware development is enacted through agile methodologies [7], or just arbitrarily selected agile practices [8]. Similarly, our study falls into the scope of this modern but still insufficiently explored research domain. More specifically, the goal of this paper is to analyze and present an in-depth account of the implementation of agile techniques and practices, based on an industry case study of a project undertaken by the Tele and Radio Research Institute (TRRI) [9] and managed together with Meritus Software Systems [10].  
The rest of the paper is structured as follows. In the Section 2, the research background and related work are outlined. In Section 3, the research design is specified. Next, in Section 4, the findings of the study are presented, followed by the conclusions given in Section 5.