Managing Work

Agile AIM supports the vertical integration of agile techniques into a business. It helps people directly address the changes demanded by the commitment to an agile process by:

• Eliminating a work backlog everyone has, that hinders the take up of the agile process.
• Re-framing working methods onto a people first process track by starting with each person and how they work.
• Providing technical and non-technical application owners with simple tools that project their needs into the agile process.

Large gains in software development productivity are possible using agile processes. However, implementing an agile process within a business is not without its problems. Agile performs well when it can be vertically integrated into an organization. Retro-fitting a radically different management approach requires a huge commitment to the processes of change. Individuals find this demanding. A subsequent lack of adequate vertical integration can lead to agile processes being unable to deliver on their full potential. This failure is not a failure of agile but a failure of the human system to respond to the challenges of change.

AGILE AIM acts as a lubricant within the change process. It provides a reach directly to each person involved, giving everyone practical personal tools.

Agile processes work largely because of the relationships people build that enables them to become more effective within their roles. AIM fosters the move to a people first approach by providing unique personal management tools to every member of the team.