Christopher Global

The trend of Agile is over. Business needs Agile. Iteration and adaptability make Agile indispensable, especially in tech-heavy fields. Here are three agile benefits in high demand in today's business environment.

Quick value-added validation may be the most significant agile feature. Quickly turn around features and product values and validate them against projects or product requirements. Businesses would find this valuable almost immediately. Even so, implementing quick value-added solutions along with frequent business validations is a great approach to create a culture of planning, implementing, testing, and queueing in preparation for larger releases.

Agile is also desirable because incremental pivoting is possible. Achieving strategic goals and targets often requires creative solutions that alter the original plan. Imagine waiting months for a new strategy to be implemented when you already know that if you don't correct the course quickly, you're going to miss the target. An agile environment entails a possible course correction in a few weeks or after the next release, which is just a few sprints away. In this way, businesses can continuously reassess and prioritize features and functionality of greatest value to the customer or most revenue-generating to the business.

Agile's adaptability is another highly sought-after feature. We often overlook the fact that change management is its own process that has different meanings based on different methodologies and cultures. Ops change management involves training or documenting the change from one system to another. In Project Management, change management evaluates and prioritizes changes to a project for their impact, benefits, and outcomes. It also evaluates how they will affect the project or product. If you're agile, you can iterate both processes.

Business value starts when businesses realize they have the freedom to plan, organize, and implement changes that drive revenue. This capability is a vital part of any business's sustainability and is heavily embraced by Agile.