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Agile Development
Discover real business benefits with Agile Development

Most organisations today experience significant and constant change.  This applies equally to the public and private sectors.  Often the change is wide ranging, covering:

  1. New service or product offerings
  2. Reorganisations
  3. Policy changes in the public sector; and
  4. Implementation of new strategies.

As a result, the demands made on IT systems are increasing and the need for frequent software releases is becoming more challenging.  Traditional software methodologies have been very process driven and, as such, lack the flexibility needed to support the current pace of change.

Agile puts the customer first and focuses on producing working software as soon as possible. This is followed through with frequent deliveries in short time spans.  Furthermore, change is welcomed and not treated as a hindrance to software projects which is often the case in more traditional approaches.

Collaboration and interaction are preferred to written documents -  and this applies as much to how the development team members communicate with each other as it does to how they communicate with customers. 

The Agile approach is lighter, faster and more customer-centric, leading to frequent releases and less management overhead.  This, in turn, enables organisations to be more agile and flexible with their customers or stakeholders.

Have a look at SFW's Agile Development Overview for more information or contact us to find out how SFW can help bring agility to your developments.

Benefits of Agile

  • Better control over expenditure
  • Greater flexibility, more room for change
  • Earlier business benefit
  • Transparent development process