Agile Software Development
Mariott Global IT
Driving Enterprise Results with Agile Flexibility and Speed
Through ongoing education and methodology enhancements, OpenSpace is able to quickly respond to the rapidly growing need for Agile development in the enterprise market. OpenSpace professionals follow a creative, yet transparent process that relies on productive, self-organized, and collaborative teams. These teams are focused on delivering functioning components of the application immediately upon their completion, on average about 2-4 week increments.
With Agile, adaptability and flexibility are more highly valued than heavy documentation or rigid plans and end-users are expected to work closely with developers every step of the way. Whether it’s undertaking new application development or transitioning an existing enterprise system, OpenSpace has the Agile experience and expertise you can trust to deliver fast results.
OpenSpace Agile Values:
- Product-Centric Development Model:
Using Lean & Agile principles adopted for Enterprise, OpenSpace delivers high-value software applications consistently every 2-4 weeks, providing a distinct competitive advantage for our clients.
- Culture of Business Involvement:
Client-driven iterative development lets the client steer projects, iteration by iteration, addressing what they determine to be of the highest value to them. Clients adapt and plan the choice for the next iteration based on their latest insight, rather than speculatively at the start of the project. The customer has ongoing control and choice, as fresh information arises. This approach helps foster stronger client relationships by acknowledging missteps early, correcting them immediately, and building and sharing business knowledge through teamwork.
- Team Experience and Performance
OpenSpace approach is based on hosting highly productive, self-organized, and collaborative teams working in flexible and transparent process frameworks and using effective working infrastructure.
Agile emphasizes minimal hierarchy and administrative overhead. Teams own the process and work collaboratively in a culture of regular and open communications and continuous performance improvements via mandatory retrospections and process experiments.
OpenSpace Agile Key Benefits
- Business Value Driven Prioritization – With Agile development, software functionality is prioritized and delivered according to the business value outlined by the company, enabling a faster realization of benefits and results.
- Paying for Results Only – Developed functionality is regularly demonstrated during the project life cycle and is only accepted when all conditions meet previously outlined benchmarks for completion.
- Addressing Project Delivery Risks Quickly – Shorter delivery cycles and reduced batch complexity associated with Agile enable project risks to be easily revealed and quickly eliminated to meet the rapidly changing demand of the market.
- Flexibility Without Penalty – Agile development allows for built-in change management and provides the framework for fast and objective impact assessment and no-fee change control process.
- Full Client Control of the Project – Operational transparency, combined with early and frequent progress updates, keep Agile practitioners in full control of the project, including adjustments to the project scope as needed and delivery milestones while maintaining flexibility to finish the project early if market conditions allow.
- Cost Loss Reduction - Due to the reduction of batch delays and the complexity of requirements, the Agile approach enables enterprises to decrease the instances of cost losses during the software development process.
Driving Enterprise Results with Agile Flexibility and Speed
Through ongoing education and methodology enhancements, OpenSpace is able to quickly respond to the rapidly growing need for Agile development in the enterprise market. OpenSpace professionals follow a creative, yet transparent process that relies on productive, self-organized, and collaborative teams. These teams are focused on delivering functioning components of the application immediately upon their completion, on average about 2-4 week increments.
With Agile, adaptability and flexibility are more highly valued than heavy documentation or rigid plans and end-users are expected to work closely with developers every step of the way. Whether it’s undertaking new application development or transitioning an existing enterprise system, OpenSpace has the Agile experience and expertise you can trust to deliver fast results.
OpenSpace Agile Values:
- Product-Centric Development Model:
Using Lean & Agile principles adopted for Enterprise, OpenSpace delivers high-value software applications consistently every 2-4 weeks, providing a distinct competitive advantage for our clients. - Culture of Business Involvement:
Client-driven iterative development lets the client steer projects, iteration by iteration, addressing what they determine to be of the highest value to them. Clients adapt and plan the choice for the next iteration based on their latest insight, rather than speculatively at the start of the project. The customer has ongoing control and choice, as fresh information arises. This approach helps foster stronger client relationships by acknowledging missteps early, correcting them immediately, and building and sharing business knowledge through teamwork. - Team Experience and Performance
OpenSpace approach is based on hosting highly productive, self-organized, and collaborative teams working in flexible and transparent process frameworks and using effective working infrastructure.
Agile emphasizes minimal hierarchy and administrative overhead. Teams own the process and work collaboratively in a culture of regular and open communications and continuous performance improvements via mandatory retrospections and process experiments.
OpenSpace Agile Key Benefits
- Business Value Driven Prioritization – With Agile development, software functionality is prioritized and delivered according to the business value outlined by the company, enabling a faster realization of benefits and results.
- Paying for Results Only – Developed functionality is regularly demonstrated during the project life cycle and is only accepted when all conditions meet previously outlined benchmarks for completion.
- Addressing Project Delivery Risks Quickly – Shorter delivery cycles and reduced batch complexity associated with Agile enable project risks to be easily revealed and quickly eliminated to meet the rapidly changing demand of the market.
- Flexibility Without Penalty – Agile development allows for built-in change management and provides the framework for fast and objective impact assessment and no-fee change control process.
- Full Client Control of the Project – Operational transparency, combined with early and frequent progress updates, keep Agile practitioners in full control of the project, including adjustments to the project scope as needed and delivery milestones while maintaining flexibility to finish the project early if market conditions allow.
- Cost Loss Reduction - Due to the reduction of batch delays and the complexity of requirements, the Agile approach enables enterprises to decrease the instances of cost losses during the software development process.