The Age of the Agile Enterprise is now, and is powered by the Hybrid Cloud and SaaS. This global revolution was sparked by the convergence of mobile (MDM Management) and encrypted cloud storage technologies, but also by the evolution of Agile and Lean software development methodologies and the tools used to manage Agile development in…
The adoption of Agile is spreading across various industries, in organizations of all sizes. However, most experts agree that scaling Agile for enterprise use is a challenge. SAFe®, the Scaled Agile Framework, was created to resolve this problem. SAFe® provides a fully controlled way to adopt and scale Agile across large companies, and to align…
More and more companies operating in safety-critical industries (medical device development, automotive, avionics, railway, nuclear sectors, and others) choose to adopt certain Agile methods. These modern development frameworks promise to curb development time and costs, making them appealing options. Earlier, Agile methodologies seemed unsuitable for large enterprises developing products for highly regulated industry sectors. However,…
Keeping pace with the ever-increasing complexity of software products alone is a challenging task. However, most companies are working on more than one sophisticated product at any given time, each of which may combine hardware, software and even service components. Large companies today are also relying on multiple geographically dispersed teams and departments that contribute…
In our post last week, we have explored how medical device development companies are increasingly transitioning to Agile to be able to develop quality products in shorter time. For them, switching to Agile entails the challenge of matching the process transparency, traceability, and compliance with relevant medical standards that their Waterfall processes allowed them to…
Due to its prosperity in the software industry, Agile no longer needs an introduction: in the past decade or so, seemingly everyone has been talking about this modern framework. Having recognized the success that small and mid-sized companies are realizing by using Agile, a growing number of large enterprises are also looking to adopt this framework.…
The effectiveness of Agile methods, especially Scrum, is no longer a matter of debate. Its efficiency is being confirmed day after day by an ever-growing number of users. Not only is it being used successfully by hundreds of companies in various industries, but for developers aiming to bid for US defense (DoD) projects, the use…
