Using Agile Development To Build A Partnership Between IT and Business |
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| Monday, 12 March 2007 16:00 |
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The most significant hurdle in adopting agile development is often
gaining the acceptance of the business leadership. Business leaders
either believe that agile requires too much time, or they are generally
apathetic towards the effort. But while business leaders may be
difficult to get on board at the beginning, they can be the strongest
supporters of the agile process once they see and understand it.
Getting them to try it is the hardest part. This article addresses the
typical barriers to involving the business side of the house in an
agile development approach, and outlines the key steps that Digital
Focus has found to be successful in overcoming these barriers.
On a recent Digital Focus client engagement, the IT group was struggling with an enormous backlog of development work, including bug fixes, enhancements, and new features. While the backlog items had already been prioritized by the business owners, neither the budget nor the IT team's capacity were sufficient to address even the "critical" items. Furthermore, the problem had been left completely for IT to solve - no representative from the business side was actively discussing the issues, working behind the scenes to help, or pushing for more money to support new development. Read more..
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