Agile is expanding within the enterprise – but there is
plenty more that can be done to improve organisational initiatives.
That’s the key finding from enterprise software development firm CollabNet. In the company’s latest State
of Agile report – the 12th iteration – which collected almost 1,500 responses
from various industries in softwaredevelopment, 97% of respondents’ organisations practiced agile development methods. Of that
number, 52% said that more than half of their teams were using agile practices
in their organisation.
Those who have taken the plunge cite improvements in their
ability to manage changing priorities – cited by 71% of those polled – compared
with better project visibility (66%), greater alignment between business and IT
(65%), and quicker delivery speed and time to market (62%). Greater team
productivity and team morale were also highly cited.
DevOps initiatives are also on the rise, with almost half
(48%) saying they have an initiative currently underway with 23% at the
planning stage. The most popular method of assessing the success of DevOps initiatives was accelerated
delivery speed, cited by 58% of those polled, ahead of improved quality (51%)
and an increased flow of business value to users (44%).
Yet only 12% of those polled said their organisations had a
high level of competency across the organisation, with an even smaller number
(4%) saying agile practices were enabling greater adaptability to market
conditions.
Plenty still needs to be done, therefore, to get
organisations up to speed. “The need to manage the entire value stream, from
strategic planning to customer delivery, and to have the proper feedback loops
in place, will be critical going forward,” the report notes. “This will require
the organisational culture, skills, and tooling to allow for managing and
measuring the flow of business value across the entire value stream.
“To achieve this, enterprises will need to truly unify their
agile portfolio planning, agile project
management, and continuous delivery efforts.”
Source: developer-tech
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