This document discusses how IT agility can help businesses adapt to an uncertain environment. It argues that traditional IT, which aimed to support predictability, must now support uncertainty by becoming more agile. Agile IT principles like rapid adaptation, frequent feedback, and prioritizing customer value through early delivery allow businesses to respond quickly to changing markets and customer needs. The document presents evidence that agile methods can significantly improve business metrics like costs, revenue, and value compared to traditional approaches. It also outlines steps businesses can take to transform into more agile, iterative organizations.

1. TRANSFORMING BUSINESS
THROUGH IT AGILITY
a People10 perspective
2012.03.29
Royal Orchid, Bangalore

2. the past, present and
future…

3. ?
product and service
innovation
(shrinking product life)

4. environmental impact
political, economical, natural…

5. regulations and compliance

6. customer habits
click  touch  ?
text  tweet  ?
email  social network  ?

7. buying patterns
enterprise  consumer model

8. what does it mean to your business?

9. uncertainty in
predictability out

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11. the challenge

12. business success
in an
uncertain world

13. adapta
flexibilit
business
bility
y
agility
balance
coordin
ation

14. ability
to
rapidly adapt
to
market and environment changes
in
and
ways

15. can you do it without IT ?

16. but is IT a real enabler ?

17. IT was designed
to support predictability

18. now, IT has to support uncertainty
by redefining itself as…

19. agile IT

20. traits of agile IT

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22. adapt vs. plan

23. deliver something early
vs.
deliver everything later

24. prove by prototyping

25. show and tell
vs.
status reporting

26. welcoming feedback
vs.
controlling change

27. avoid making
unwanted features

28. what is your experience while using these
and your internal applications?

29. constant feedback

30. uncompromised quality

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32. as a business, are you
ready to mingle with IT?

33. as IT, is your house in
order to get up-close &
personal with business?

34. 2. product management
1. engineering practices
3. project management
4. continuous improvement

35. it works!

36. Millions
Cost Benefits (Million $ / KLOC)
Cost Benefit Ratio
ROI
(Million $ / KLOC)
5
2100%
25
1800%
4
20
15
3
2
1500%
1200%
900%
10
600%
1
5
0
0
Cost
Agile
300%
CMMI®
0%
Benefits
SW-CMM®
Cost / Benefit Ratio
ISO 9001
Agile
CMMI®
ISO 9001
Agile
CMMI®
BEP
3
SW-CMM®
ISO 9001
ROA
1.5
Millions
4
Millions
Millions
NPV
SW-CMM®
ROI
1.2
5
4
0.9
3
0.6
2
0.3
1
2
1
0
0
0
NPV
Agile
CMMI®
SW-CMM®
Break Even Point
ISO 9001
Agile
CMMI®
SW-CMM®
Real Options Analysis
ISO 9001
Agile
CMMI®
SW-CMM®
Source: The business value of agile software methods by Dr. F Rico, Dr. H Sayani, Dr. S Sone.
Source : The Business Value of Agile Software Methods by Dr. F Rico, Dr. H Sayani, Dr. S Sone
ISO 9001

37. visibility
business
value
adaptability
reduced risk
high degree of customer &
developer interaction gives
maximum visibility
features prioritized
directly by customers
and delivered in
iterations give better
time-to-market and
business value
adaptability to changing
market/customer needs
frequent visibility and
feedback mechanism
ensures reduced risk
traditional development
agile development
Source : VersionOne LLC

38. revenue
enhancement
busines
s value
reduce expense
traditional IT
agile IT

39. a case study of enterprise agile transformation: salesforce.com
Features Delivered per Team
Days between Major Releases
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007

40. emerging trends

41. 1. spreading beyond IT
2. continuous deployment
3. agile BI
4. agile @ scale
5. agile outsourcing contracts
6. business demanding agile

42. the enterprise agile journey :
a practical roadmap
beyond
next
first steps
define product ownership
break long release cycles
visual management
self-organizing team
be iterative
shorter sprints
sizing
engineering practices
introduce measures
start to be agile
continuous deployment
test driven development
refactoring
debt free software
truly agile

43. Q&A
agile delivery | agile consulting

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