The pressure to be first to market with a new product has accelerated the development process. Today's process models require agility, defined as the ability to operate in real time and to adapt quickly to changing requirements and conditions. Further, the global, distributed nature of many projects-often developed now over the Internet and intranets--demands flexible, integrated tools. The author's Web-based Agile Software Engineering Environment answers these challenges with a time-based life cycle that provides just-in-time process management.