| |March 201719CIOReviewAgile management model has developers sitting next to testers, or operational personnel with a common goal and they work together and solve the problemAgile Transformation Embracing business agility is not an easy task as it requires a total transformation in the business mindset from built to last to build to change. Businesses with an agile management can quickly sense and respond to competitive pressures and customer needs. The key to successful adoption of an agile model is that CIOs need to think about improving their organisational metabolism. Too often the metabolism of companies is slow and concentrating on the skills of just a handful of employees is not going to make the company faster. What is really needed is a system of people, practice or profits to work together because it is system which needs to actually evolve in an agile fashion. Agile management is based on breaking down silos such that different departments-development, quality analysis, and operation centre, are all on the same plane with one single goal which is to lift a high quality product or software enabled products to the customers. In traditional waterfall those organisations sit separately and software is past over a wall and then the time pressure forces people to use shortcuts and cut corners in the delivery of that product. Agile management model has developers sitting next to testers, or operational personnel with a common goal and they work together and solve the problem. Another key element of agile management is automation. Often times human error is what creates quality issues, automating testing for instance are the portions of actually bringing in agile solutions or going agile within an IT shop. ConclusionAn agile transformation creates an air of satisfaction among employees as they know their work matters and has been a source in getting positive feedback from customers. So an agile transformation starts with igniting the emotions of people to deliver valuable and high quality products to our customers. Agile management is really trying to synchronize the business to operate faster and increase the metabolism. And trying to increase the metabolism delivers value more quickly. Agile management creates opportunities for new way of working to deliver customer value. It creates an environment where people enjoy working in an agile, collaborative, team based, and empowered organisation. Agile creates movement to change the fabric of the company and the metabolism for value.
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