Agility has become a major value in the business world; agility to compete, agility to adapt to the changing market, agility in response to customer needs, agility in terms of efficiency.
“Every company wants to accurately sense changes in their markets and the whims of ever more demanding customers, and respond quickly and appropriately. They want to develop and manufacture the right innovative new products, bring them to market before their competitors can, and learn from their mistakes when they fail.” — PWC
But agility is not only about incorporating agile methods into the IT department, or a management team supporting rapid product delivery, it is the result of numerous factors. It is about a strategy across the whole organisation — it is the collaboration model itself at all hierarchical levels.
There are some facts about this topic that could be useful if you are planning to transform your company into a truly agile enterprise:
1. Is agility just a trend?
Some trends come to stay, and this is the case with agility; beyond a trend, it is the characteristic that companies must have in order to keep up with market movement. So prepare your business so that it can adapt practices which will allow an efficient customer response.
