DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
“ For business leaders under pressure to transform rapidly to remain economically viable in troubled economic times , Agile is vital to ensuring digital transformation is effective within the right timescale ”
SIMON MORRIS VP OF SOLUTION CONSULTING UK & I , SERVICENOW
improved transparency , teams using Agile methodology are better equipped to deal with issues , but it ’ s also important to not change for the sake of change .
“ If companies are looking expand into unchartered territory – be that big data platforms , cloud optimisation , or even the metaverse – balancing the risk versus rewards comes down to any decisions being made and implemented when the timing is right , as part of an ongoing journey rather than for the sake of it ,” Nimmo says .
“ When considering a digital acceleration roadmap , companies need to look closer at solutions that offer the most value . Adopting technologies purely because they ’ re new is counterintuitive and companies should be sure that their plans will bring significant value to existing processes .”
“ Agile management is all about controlled risk ,” says Morris . “ However , most organisations will actually see large-scale , unexpected problems diminish as a result .”
Agile isn ’ t just throwing caution to the wind , Houghton adds . “ It ' s important to de-risk the risks as much as possible ,” he says . “ There ’ s lots of planning and design
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