Rapid changes in the marketplace require organisations to respond and adapt quickly. Innovation is the lifeblood of product companies. Agile methodology helps improve time-to-market by reducing inherent flaws in project management and delivery. Learn more about the Agile methodology and reasons why businesses are adopting it in this rich infographic.

1. Business Innovation
with Agile
"Agile methodology describes a set of principles for software development under which
requirements and solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of self-organizing cross-
functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development, early delivery, and
continuous improvement, and it encourages rapid and flexible response to change."
Source: Wikipedia
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23
4
5 Evaluation of
processes and
current structure of
the company
Suggestions for
improvement and
process
optimization
Application
design together
with the client
Application
construction
and
implementation
Evaluation and
Monitoring
AGILE
METHODOLOGY
Mapping processes to
determine the starting point
and the "Actual State"
Optimize a process with a
right combination of
technologies
Source: Smart Strategy Online
Review technology options
with the client
Weekly delivery of
developments for the end
user to operate and request
for changes
Closely monitor the process to
ensure metrics agreed upon
are being met
An Overview of Agile Methodology
Innovation Sought Through Adopting Agile
of companies using agile
said making business
processes more efficient
was their reason behind
adoption
56% 35%said they wanted to promote
collaboration between
disparate business
processes and units
25%said they wanted to improve
visibility to workflows
22%said they wanted to build in
compliance and traceability
to business processes
%
Benefits of Applying Agile Principles
76% 77% 79%
84% 87%
Reduced
ProjectRisk
Reduced
Tim
e
to
M
arket
Increased
Team
M
orale
Increased
Team
Productivity
Ability
to
AdoptChange
0
20
40
60
80
100
2x Skilled Agile teams are twice as likely to
succeed than unskilled teams
93%
success rate estimated for Scrum
projects having an efficient Program
Management Office (PMO)
2x
Improvement in productivity when Scrum
teams dedicated 95% of their time to
projects as opposed to teams that put in
less than 50% of their time
Some Benefits of Agile Principles
Barriers to Further Agile Adoption
Inability to change
organisational culture 53%
Trying to fit Agile
elements into a non-
Agile framework
35%
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Sources:
Rigby, D.K., Berez, S., Caimi, G. and Noble, A., “Agile
Innovation”, Bain & Company, 2015.
General Resistance to
change 42%
Availability of
personnel with the
right skills
33%