Agile Adoption

Delivering Value Iteratively

The Executive Challenge

Read what our clients are saying about how we drive business value using Lean and AgileAccording to a recent survey, full deployments of Agile have nearly doubled in recent years.1 There is good reason for this. Traditional approaches to delivering software and other technology solutions have failed in significant ways. As CIO magazine recently put it, "Agile’s ascendancy is in direct response to IT’s dolorous history of software project failure, cost overruns and the concomitant business dissatisfaction with traditional IT design and development - the waterfall methodology." 2

Envision the Possibilities

What would happen if your IT organization:

• Reduced time to market by 70%?
• Improved productivity by nearly 40%?
• Achieved significant cost savings?
• Experienced higher team morale?

Companies have reported these results by moving from traditional software development methods (a.k.a. ‘waterfall’) to Agile. The business benefits resulting from Agile, when applied correctly, make this one of the most compelling changes IT leaders can introduce to their organizations.

Our Approach

Dominion Digital’s consultants work side-by-side with your team to implement Agile on your projects, in your environment. We begin by assessing where your organization is on your Agile journey and then develop a custom plan for adopting Agile in your team or organization. At each phase along your path to Agile adoption, we deliver targeted capabilities to meet your current and future needs, from coaching initial pilot teams to strategy consulting for enterprise adoption.

Our capabilities in Guidance and Coaching as well as Training and Certification provide our clients with a single Agile partner who can help:

• Help executives understand the benefits of Agile including how to harness it to deliver measurable business value, and how their roles change in Agile
• Aid managers in adapting from traditional PMI-based approaches for planning and management to Agile planning and coaching teams
• Enable developers and testers to transition from isolated groups communicating ineffectively to high-performing cross-functional teams delivering business value every two weeks

In short, we work as trusted advisors for our clients at any point along their Agile adoption journey to help create sustainable team methods and cultures that deliver value far after our initial engagement.

The Dominion Digital Difference

Dominion Digital is a regional process and technology consulting firm known for rapidly delivering value for its clients and providing right-sized solutions to complex business challenges. Working principally with Fortune 500 and mid-cap companies, Dominion Digital partners with progressive executives to bring focus, direction, and momentum to their high-priority initiatives. Our high-caliber, seasoned professionals are passionate about producing results for our clients.

Dominion Digital provides Mid-Atlantic companies a best-value alternative to large national consulting firms. Known for our process and technology leadership, we have helped over 100 clients realize dramatic gains in business effectiveness and efficiency.

For more information about Agile Adoption, please contact us:

Richmond area 804.648.0600 - option 2

Toll-free 877.949.3344 - option 2

or solutions@dominiondigital.com.

1. "Adoption of Agile Methods" Methods & Tools, Feb. 2008.

2. T. Wailgum, “How Agile Development Can Lead to Better Results and Technology-Business Alignment” CIO Magazine, May 21, 2007.