10 Things CIOs Should Know About Agile

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Agile methods have the capability to transform IT-business relationships and positively impact value delivery. But IT leaders must be dedicated to the culture change necessary for success. Here are 10 guiding principles you need to know about agile development.

CIOs are under pressure to support fast-evolving digital business scenarios, but many are finding traditional project and development methods unsuitable. Their enterprises are increasingly turning to agile development to speed up projects and illustrate their value.

Executed well, use of agile methods has the capability to transform IT-business relationships and have a major positive impact on IT value delivery, says Nathan Wilson, research director at Gartner. However, the value will be delivered only if the CIO and entire IT management team are dedicated to the culture change that is necessary for success.

"Done well, agile development can be an integral part of the portfolio of methods that the CIO uses to deal with increasing business demand for innovation," said Wilson. "Done badly, agile development will create a lot more problems than it solves."

Gartner has identified 10 guiding principles for agile development:

1: Agile is not one thing

Agile development methodologies are a set of approaches to software development that share a common philosophy but are sharply distinguished …

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