Tag: Business agility

In software development, agile methods and well-thought-out project management are often crucial for successful teams and projects – this applies to our customers as well as to us. As part of a recent training session with our colleagues at mgm technology partners, the topic of ‘Agile & Scrum Best Practices’ was highlighted and the participants had the opportunity to gain deep insights into agile frameworks, in particular Scrum.

In recent years, almost all companies have embarked on the path of agility. While some have driven this change quickly and decisively, others have taken a more cautious and gradual approach. Almost every company has either hired scrum masters or agile coaches internally or utilised external experts. The demand for these specialists has been and continues to be high - no wonder, given that it is a demanding and responsible task.

Agile methods such as Scrum have long been an integral part of German companies. Scrum is particularly popular in a dynamic environment where rapid market maturity and continuous product improvements are crucial. Nevertheless, despite the high level of acceptance of the methodology, the role of the Scrum Master is constantly being scrutinised. Why is the Scrum Master often called into question?

Hardly any company in Germany has not tried to increase efficiency and flexibility in projects and organisations using agile methods. While agile pilot projects are often successful, the comprehensive rollout of agile practices at departmental or company level poses considerable challenges for management and HR departments.

On 5 July 2024, solutions:essentials will take place in Hamburg, where selected solution partners will put together an exciting programme for practitioners. We are offering two deep dives on the topics of AI and flight levels from 12:00 to 16:00 and will not only impart theoretical knowledge, but also demonstrate practical approaches on how you can successfully implement these technologies and methods in your company.

As is so often the case, political decisions do not have an immediately obvious impact on companies and their processes. This is also the case with the lignite phase-out in the Rhenish mining area by 2030, which is why the IT management of a large energy supplier commissioned us to work with them to organise and prioritise the upcoming topics and tasks.

Today, agility is essential for the success and sustainable growth of companies. The Flight Levels approach provides a framework that extends agility beyond individual teams to the entire organizational structure and enables true business agility. Flight Levels Day 2024 provided a platform to gain insights into the practical implementation of Flight Levels and showed how companies are using them to achieve their strategic goals faster.

Agile transformations in large strategic initiatives, which are intended to align business and IT towards a common goal, take many forms, but they all have one thing in common - they are not a sure-fire success! Many companies that want to improve their collaboration along the value chain, optimise information flows and increase their ability to react to changing market conditions quickly reach a dead end if they give priority to methodology.

In the flow model, we have added two further perspectives to the flight levels and specifically include customer requirements and market developments in the analysis, as well as product utilisation and customer satisfaction. In this way, we support the customer-orientation of companies and the focus on results.