The Role of Strategy, Planning, and Budgeting in an Agile Organization

by Bill Walton

Not all organizations are in agreement about the critical nature of strategy, planning, and budgeting in an agile business environment. Applying traditional approaches for the sake of meeting objectives oftentimes results in misdirected managerial attention, the stifling of innovation and creativity, and the inability to focus on new priorities. How can strategy, planning, and budgeting processes be redefined to better support agile methods? This inspiring debate replete with best practices and guidelines for meeting the dynamic business objectives of an agile organization.