business case for agile project management

Business Case For Agile Software Dev

Siddharta GovindarajSilver Stripe Software Pvt Ltd

siddharta@silverstripesoftware.comhttp://www.silverstripesoftware.com/blog/

1. Time to market and quality are more important than ever before

2. Requirements stability is a thing of the past

Program Managers want to improve software delivery in this changing environment

Traditional processes are too rigid to address these concerns

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Agile project management is creating new ways of managing and delivering software

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Quick Overview of Agile Development

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We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

Responding to change over following a plan

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

Agile Is ...

Incremental

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Iterative

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Collaborative

Evolving

Why Agile Makes Sense

Financial

Management

Technical

Financial

1. Improved Delivery Of Value

2. Earlier Realization Of Profit

3. Improved Return on Investment

Management

1. Easier To Respond To Change

2. Improved Visibility Of Progress

3. Enhanced Knowledge Transfer

Technical

1. Build The Right Product

2. Writing Maintainable Code

3. Increased Focus On Quality

Can companies adapt to the new market?

New market requirements present new opportunities

Agile management enables you to take advantage of these opportunities

That's It! Thank You!

Siddharta GovindarajSilver Stripe Software Pvt Ltd

siddharta@silverstripesoftware.comhttp://www.silverstripesoftware.com/blog/