{"id":9590,"date":"2017-11-28T04:52:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T04:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/?p=9590"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:20:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:20:40","slug":"5-benefits-adopting-agile-software-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/5-benefits-adopting-agile-software-project\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Benefits of Adopting Agile in Your Software Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Go to www.addthis.com\/dashboard to customize your tools --><script src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-58d80a50fc4f926d\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making Sense&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natalia Martinez\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describes what&#8217;s in store if your organization adopts an Agile development approach<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile has become the preferred methodology for almost every software company. The end point of any digital transformation or DevOps initiative is business agility. And it\u2019s no wonder: Benefits of adopting a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gile development\u00a0include reducing risk, boosting productivity and establishing a more sustainable development environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most attractive advantages of agile is its ability to increase productivity during development. The methodology includes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2-week sprints, daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives and a backlog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becoming Agile provides a great number of benefits and there are some key factors that you should consider:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Risk_Reduction\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">1. Risk Reduction<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staying on top of risk is a key element for team success. First, it must be quantified, then managed, and finally some areas of risk can be reduced, if not eliminated altogether. This paves the way for more predictability. When teams follow the protocol of fixed iterations designed to minimize time and work expended for each component, projects are more likely to come in on time and on budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Leadership\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">2.\u00a0Leadership<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teams thrive when they\u2019re anchored by innovative leadership styles that reflect the right goals and values. Within Agile methodology, those goals and values are flexibility, highly efficient output and the ability to adapt. And conversely, leadership needs to drive accountability within its own ranks, even while promoting Agile values for team members. In other words, an agile team needs agile leadership to back it up. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Continuous_Flow_of_Value\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">3. Continuous Flow of Value<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizations need to be constantly delivering value. That goes for every team, every team member, and every step of the entire process. The end product must show value. But every team that works to produce that final product must be delivering value on a regular basis as well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This requires Agile coordination and synchronization of all the teams, not just the team that delivers the final product. If Agile is applied only to a portion of the entire process, the business will not benefit from maximized results of the Agile methodology. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Scalability\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">4.\u00a0Scalability<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile development is designed to provide teams with the means to develop products that are scalable and that can fulfill specified requirements. Delivering value means delivering a product that meets customer expectations. On the technical side, teams strive in three areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To write code that minimizes defects, to the best of their knowledge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To minimize technical debt over the long term.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring their product is built with quality and reliability from the start<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These goals allow the team to strive for what is called \u2018technical excellence\u2019. Over time, paying attention to technical excellence can actually make teams more predictable, since they now have a clear and measurable way to define \u2018completion\u2019. Technical excellence also provides a mechanism for verifying completion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Early_Feedback_Adaptation\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">5.\u00a0Early Feedback &amp; Adaptation<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting customer feedback early and often is essential to the process. Teams learn from customer feedback and when they factor this into their plans early on, they can much more efficiently arrive at an MVP that satisfies the customer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile teams incorporate a philosophy of transparency during the development process. This not only serves to keep key stakeholders informed and engaged; it\u2019s also how we construct the means to get the product in front of customers as early and as often as possible. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The benefits of adopting Agile development approaches have much to offer organizations. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/stevedenning\/2016\/09\/08\/explaining-agile\/#62ab949f301b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steve Denning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> once said: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[tweet_box design=&#8221;default&#8221; float=&#8221;none&#8221;]\u201cAgile isn\u2019t just about better software. It\u2019s a better way of getting anything done.\u201d[\/tweet_box]<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the reasons we talk so much about Agile development at <a href=\"https:\/\/makingsense.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Making Sense<\/a> is that we\u2019ve seen it work\u2026 time and time again on project after project. It\u2019s probably obvious by now, but we\u2019re huge fans of this approach, and hope that over time, we can show how and why it works so well for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recommended_for_You\"><\/span><strong>Recommended for You<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/software-testing\/what-is-a-qe\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Infographic] What is a QE?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/software-testing\/what-is-isnt-scrum-master\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Is and Isn&#8217;t a Scrum Master?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making Sense&#8217;s\u00a0Natalia Martinez\u00a0describes what&#8217;s in store if your organization adopts an Agile development approach Agile has become the preferred methodology for almost every software company. The end point of any digital transformation or DevOps initiative is business agility. And it\u2019s no wonder: Benefits of adopting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[636],"tags":[68,101],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.0.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Benefits of Adopting Agile in Your Software Project | Abstracta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Benefits of adopting agile development include reducing risk, boosting productivity and establishing a more sustainable development environment.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/5-benefits-adopting-agile-software-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Benefits of Adopting Agile in Your Software Project | Abstracta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Benefits of adopting agile development include reducing risk, boosting productivity and establishing a more sustainable development environment.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/5-benefits-adopting-agile-software-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog about AI-powered quality engineering for teams building complex software | Abstracta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AbstractaQA\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-28T04:52:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-05T21:20:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Guest-post-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"315\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AbstractaUS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AbstractaUS\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Blog about AI-powered quality engineering for teams building complex software | Abstracta\",\"description\":\"AI-powered quality engineering\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/5-benefits-adopting-agile-software-project\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/5-benefits-adopting-agile-software-project\/\",\"name\":\"5 Benefits of Adopting Agile in Your Software Project | Abstracta\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-28T04:52:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-05T21:20:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fc222691ff1ef2d2e13762baedbb9659\"},\"description\":\"Benefits of adopting agile development include reducing risk, boosting productivity and establishing a more sustainable development environment.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/5-benefits-adopting-agile-software-project\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/5-benefits-adopting-agile-software-project\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/5-benefits-adopting-agile-software-project\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/\",\"name\":\"Testing Strategy\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/5-benefits-adopting-agile-software-project\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/testing-strategy\/5-benefits-adopting-agile-software-project\/\",\"name\":\"5 Benefits of Adopting Agile in Your Software Project\"}}]},{\"@type\":[\"Person\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fc222691ff1ef2d2e13762baedbb9659\",\"name\":\"Natalia Martinez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf91a8d736d7e825adf3040d418f5ca1?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Natalia Martinez\"},\"description\":\"Market Development | Making Sense\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9590"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16029,"href":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9590\/revisions\/16029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}