Looking for market advantage? Get your software to market faster with agile practice.

There’s an increase in the number of business stakeholders championing agile development, and it’s easy to see why. Agile development delivers market advantage in a sluggish economy where the competition for sales dollars is fierce.

According to a recent agile adoption survey, 63% of champions of agile methodology are management-level professionals. They’re embracing agile development as a means to trim production time for their working software.

Accelerating your time to market is great for competitive advantage – and even better for your corporate bottom line. This fact has never been more important than it is in today’s listless economy that has left decision makers seeking cost-effective strategies for winning market share.

Agile’s lean practice mitigates the production and financial risks associated with traditional software development. With it, product owners are assured working, functional software delivered on schedule and within requirements. It’s no wonder that agile practice is quickly heading to the top of the list as a management tool for competitive advantage.

And, it’s not just a private sector trend. The Department of Defense recently mandated that government contracts for defense projects include agile development. And the U.S.P.S. has replaced waterfall development in favor of agile practice.

So which agile tools are stakeholders championing most?

Scrum master: Having a dedicated resource focused on facilitating development projects prevents schedule delays or missteps in project direction resulting in improved software delivery outcomes.

Daily standup meetings: Ongoing face-to-face collaboration keeps development teams on target with iterative goals and reduces the need for costly reworks.

Iterative planning: Short-term iterations allow changes to be made as needed based on feedback and requirements, for an adaptable process that keeps development in line with business needs.

Unit testing: Testing smaller units of code more frequently identifies software problems earlier in the process so changes can be made before small code errors can become big business problems.

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