Gone are the days of maturity models. For bigger IT players and Fortune 500 companies, it fits in the best. Stable processes are needed to take care of mega projects. However mega projects dont happen overnight. What we are talking about is the new age projects where most of the outsourcing happens. Where clients have to go to the market sooner, because the more time the client would need, the more probability is that it would lose out on the first mover advantage of entering into the market with the product. When processes come in the way of compulsive business benefits, instead of helping make the business smoother, it becomes imperative to realign thought processes and to carve out a high level plan and act on the same rather than breaking down the plan into minutest details and ensuring that everything is followed as per the writing on the stone. Such an arrangement which gives flexibility to plan overall, and then achieve the target in a streamlined manner rather than focusing on minutest detail would tend to be called as Agile Approach of Software Development.
When the Clients are Fortune 5000 and they need to grow up faster to get into the coveted Fortune 500, more often than not, they need to innovate faster, develop faster and reach out to market faster to grab that extra percent of market share. Whether it be a tight deadline which means business is on the edge, whether it means a promise that needs to be kept, being agile is the way to go. So, If you run a business which you feel that belongs to the SME sector, then you would fit best with an Offshore software solutions provider who believes in the Agile methodology.
Agile does not mean Lack of Planning. It means you get your job done right, and in a planned manner.
Not Agile = Fragile.
Why?
A glass is fragile. Why? Because it is hard and does not bend. So when there is a sudden force to deliver, the organisation because of its inertia, just cant change overnight. It is not agile. It is fragile and it breaks.
This led Mindfire Solutions, a leading Global Technology Services and Consulting company in India, to embrace Agile methodology in its way of operations. The changes which were needed in the organisation re-org were immense but then at the end, Mindfire succeeded in building what is called as an Agile Enterprise. Clients, upon their inspection of the agile processes in Mindfire have expressed their satisfaction on the way projects are planned, developed, executed and implemented. Being Agile is what Mindfire believes and this helps Mindfire cut across competition.
Currently, Mindfire is gearing up for the membership of Agile Alliance for the year 2010-11. The current exercise of internal audits will be over by April 30th 2010. To know more about our Agile work processes, we request you to send an email inquiry to info@mindfiresolutions.com
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