From the course: Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile Project Management

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Agile goals

Agile goals

- Every company that moves to Agile has unique reasons for change. There is no cookie cutter here. You'll need to understand why your company is adding Agile frameworks so you know how to help. Let's explore some common goals behind Agile transitions. These are improving delivery, increasing quality and having a faster time to market. Let's start with improving delivery. I often hear from business people that they request projects and a team is formed to do the work. The project goes on for months or even years and nothing is delivered. People get frustrated and pull the plug on the effort. Leaders also say they rarely know when something will be delivered, so they don't want to just let a project continue. In both cases, they end the work before any value is delivered. Agile offers a solution to these situations. Agile frameworks are organized around delivering working software every two weeks or so. This is an…

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