The Systems That Enable Enterprise Agility

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Part of the Enterprise Agility Executive Voices Series

Enterprise agility is often associated with agile frameworks, new technologies or organizational transformation initiatives. But these visible changes are only part of the equation. The PMI Agile Alliance Manifesto for Enterprise Agility argues that achieving agility throughout the organization depends on something deeper: an operating system designed to continuously adapt. This includes the structures, governance, operating models, funding approaches and technologies that enable decisions to move quickly, information to flow freely and value to be delivered across the enterprise. 

Agile enterprises design themselves to enable value and change readiness. They replace rigid governance with adaptive guardrails, static operating models with continuous feedback loops, and fragmented tools with integrated systems that support collaboration at scale. Technology—including AI—plays an important role, but only when it reinforces these capabilities; technology is not a strategy in itself.

To better understand the systems behind enterprise agility, PMI interviewed executives from a range of industries about the structures and capabilities that enable organizations to adapt. Their perspectives …

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