How to Adopt Agile Principles for your Enterprise

by Jay D. Project Management Software

Enterprise agility is at the core of business strategy today. It is not just about profitability or higher revenues. But the idea is to be nimble enough to adopt, adapt & respond to customer needs better & faster than your competition.

Organizations globally recognize this non-negotiable aspect of their business. And are more forthcoming in taking the right steps towards agile project management.

There is enough evidence to support the tactical & strategic benefits of adopting agile principles for your operations & customer delivery.

Primarily because agile is all about delivering outcomes in an iterative & incremental manner where value is realized (or rather perceived) instantly.

However, it is important to understand; agile is not a panacea for your chaotic delivery model.

Agile is more about a culture, way of doing things, being ok with incremental values & frequent course corrections than expected.

Having said that, let us focus on simple aspects that enable agile methodology for your business.

Set Expectations Transparently

Loss of management autonomy is one the major threats to agile adoption. And a close second is resistance to change.

Let’s dig deeper.

Agile execution offers greater freedom to your teams in choosing what to deliver & when. The entire ownership and accountability is with that team with very little scope of control for the management.

And this is where things get tricky. Driving the message clearly through to your management is critical to agile adoption.

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