You’ve started to think about going Agile. Rolling it out is a big job; it will require a commitment, education and partnerships with other companies. But in order for your company to successfully roll out Agile, there are some pitfalls to avoid. Consider these factors involved for a successful agile implementation.
Agile promises a swift return on your investment. You no longer have to wait for your long waterfall to reap the benefits of your development team’s efforts. The problem now is being able to transition those teams to going Agile. How are you going to manage these transitions? Rolling out Agile to an entire development organization isn’t going to happen overnight, but using a set of standard success stories, you can optimize the results.
In addition, this transition isn’t free, it requires money up front to organize your rollout. If your rollout is not successful, your investment could be lost. Even worse, if your implementation is not optimal, you can actually cause impediments, and work could be lost. Using an Agile and tool stack can help ease this transition, and help provide you with the visibility you need to see if Agile is improving your quality, and bringing back the return on investment you originally were looking for.
Over the next couple of weeks we will look closer at Agile implementations, and factors that successful companies have used to roll out their agile solution.
