Comments on: Agile Can Work For Your Whole Company

By: John May

John May — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

The entire company of Rally uses agile principles to run the business. It is the most dynamic and effective organization that adapts to its needs that I have ever been a part of in my career. It is not just about software development, it is about being competitive and responsive in the market.

Anything can be managed to an iterative process and done so with more focus, precitability and responsiveness than traditional management methods. I work in sales and us Rally to keep focused on our accounts and objectives both short and long term. It gives me perspective on my velocity of effort that can be applied effectively and always to the highest priority. If you think software is the only market…watch out.

By: John May

John May — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

PS. We did crush it!

By: Elliot Turner

Elliot Turner — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

Agile and its variants are a great way to manage the product development process. Rally looks like an amazing tool. XPlanner is another tool (free) that's a great way to "dip your feet" into the Agile process. We've been using XPlanner in-house for several years now and are looking forward to eventually upgrading to Rally, as it offers some really fantastic features.

By: bfeld

bfeld — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

Yup – right on the money.

By: dharmesh_sh8317

dharmesh_sh8317 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

You might enjoy this article about Agile Software Startups:

http://onstartups.com/home/tabid/3339/bid/190/Agi...

Similar ideas around applying agile approaches to the business side of a startup.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

Hi,

Excellent article - I really appreciate your blog about "Agile can work for your whole company", I have bookmarked it for later viewing and forwarded it on.

Cheers.