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Insight
Organizations of all sizes across every industry are facing unprecedented business challenges that are forcing them to rethink how they operate. However, many IT and corporate decision makers are still hesitant to put aside traditional software and systems in order to more effectively perform day-to-day operations and improve their ability to achieve long-term objectives.
Abstract
Each of the lessons, or "apparent truths," presented in this Executive Report by David Spann was discovered by one or more firms who actually went through an agile implementation process.
The organizational change that began with the Industrial Revolution and accelerated via Henry Ford's introduction of mass production and the assembly line has had a profound impact on the organizational structure of businesses up to the present time. Many current companies have built what amount to assembly lines, where specialists perform specific tasks along the path to producing a product or service that is delivered to their customers.
Abstract
Each of the lessons, or "apparent truths," presented in this Executive Report by David Spann was discovered by one or more firms who actually went through an agile implementation process.
The purpose of the accompanying Executive Report is to look back over the past seven-plus years, as if it was the end of an agile project's first iteration, reflect on the things I've learned through the agile movement, offer some recommendations for change, and provide a case study illustrating one c
Many people treat outsourcing as a task, something that most people can do in addition to their "real job." But once you look at the entire process required for an outsourcing lifecycle, you will see that there are a number of competencies required if you want the entire deal -- from womb to tomb -- to be a success.
Domain
Innovation
Assertion 177:Today's harsh economic realities threaten to drive the creative spirit from IT organizations, throttling back the flow of capital and new ideas; the innovation agenda in IT is on life support.