posted 16 years ago
I can think of several reasons to switch to an Agile approach:
- risk mitigation - with an Agile approach, you will know much earlier whether the project will produce something useful. So you are in a much better position to decide where to invest your money, and which projects to stop early.
- earlier return of investment - which in fact means getting *more* return for your investment.
- protecting the investment - in most traditional projects, the value of the system declines after the first release, until you have to start over. That won't happen in a well working Agile project.
- high quality to a competitive price - customers actually love virtually bug-free software. If you can provide it, you have a big advantage over your competition.
- high responsiveness - Agile teams can react to changes in the market in a matter of days to weeks. Another competitive advantage.
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