The
complexity, scope, and size of development projects have grown. With this
growth, managers have come to realize that development projects must be agile.
These projects must be able to rapidly adapt to changes in requirements in a
controlled manner. Agility in a project, therefore, can be viewed as the
ability to adjust the scope, timeframe, or deliverables as needed.
Customers,
market forces, and business goals are in a constant state of flux. In order to
remain competitive, projects must embrace change – but also manage it.
Management of these iterative processes can be very complex. Guidelines and
best practices help to overcome obstacles, but they are often broad. To truly
implement an agile, iterative development culture, organizations must also
adopt the right implementation platform. This platform, in the form of
Application Lifecycle Management systems, is critical to the success of projects.
The Agile ALM zone brings the concepts of Agile software development together with the structure and control of Application Lifecycle Management. This zone is designed to empower decision makers and users alike. It serves as a platfrom for discussing the latest methodologies, platforms, and technologies that can be applied to bringing scalability, traceability and balanced control to agile software development.
