Abstract: Methods and systems for cohort selection for agile processes are disclosed. A method includes: assigning, by a computing device, each of a plurality of entities to one of a plurality of groups; and for each of the plurality of groups: for each of the entities in the group, determining, by the computing device, information about the entity and encoding the determined information about the entity using a genetic algorithm; determining a ranking, by the computing device, of each of the entities in the group based on the encoded information about each of entity in the group; crossing over, by the computing device, portions of the encoded information of pairs of entities occupying adjacent positions in the ranking; and measuring, by the computing device, fitness of each of the entities in the group.