Capture Value Through Agility

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A new report from Project Management Institute highlights six foundational practices for establishing an Agile culture, including rapid response to opportunities, shorter review-decision cycles, elimination of organizational silos, alignment of capabilities to strategy, a focus on change management, and integration of the customer’s voice.

The 2015 Pulse of the Profession\ in-depth report Capturing the Value of Project Management Through Organizational Agility, recently released by Project Management Institute (PMI), reveals how organizations can create a culture of agility that enables projects and programs to be completed faster and more efficiently by establishing a framework around strategy, culture, leadership, people and process.

The report outlines concrete leading practices at the core of agile organizations. They start with a firm grounding in the basics of project management, including an appreciation for the value of experienced and well-trained professionals and the standardized project management practices they use. Agile organizations also actively engage executive sponsors, align projects to strategy and establish a well-aligned and effective PMO. In addition, they have better communicators, more collaboration, and greater engagement throughout an organization. They are change enablers and manage risk effectively.

Agile organizations succeed by embedding …

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