PART I. IS AN AGILE APPROACH APPLICABLE FOR AN SAP PROJECT? SHOULD I FAVOR IT OVER THE CLASSIC WATERFALL?
Why AGILE? According to the 9th Global Project Management Survey (2017) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) a significant portion of IT projects globally are still reported as finished late (49%), exceeded their initial budgets (43%), not met their goals (31%), and failed outright (14%) with a lack of clearly defined and achievable objectives (37%) and a poor communication (19%) Weiterlesen
Our events in Berlin at SAP® consultants community
Upcoming Events: For the health and safety of our community during Coronavirus pandemic we have decided not to hold any further events until September / October 2020. Follow us on Twitter to not miss the next event. Past Events: SAP S/4 HANA Cloud Tsunami organized by  Agilon GmbH in Berlin on Friday, the 29. November 2019 at 18:00-20:00 Since the Weiterlesen
AGILE SAP DELIVERY: SURVEY 2019
07.10.2019
  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - download PDF Since decades SAP projects were considered the most long-running, budget und resource consuming IT projects at big and mid-size enterprises. They were usually planned years in advance, executed according to the plan following the Waterfall methodology. Time, budget and quality were often getting out of hand and the projects went live months or years Weiterlesen
Kanban Board: 10 basic rules how to use it in an effective way
According to the „State of Agile“ report - an international survey conducted in 2018 by VersionOne the Kanban Board (aka Scrum Board aka Agile Board) is the most popular tool used by agile teams all over the world to tackle their projects. No matter which agile framework is used - Scrum, LeSS or SAFe or other the Kanban Board always Weiterlesen
Success factors for agile transformations
Agile transformation and agile leadership - what makes them successful? Impressions from Manage Agile conference 2018 There were encouraging three days in October 2018 on the Berlin ’Manage Agile’ conference where agile minds from all over Germany intensively exchanged thoughts on agile transformations. We want to share with you the following key insights from this conference: „the trend“: The „agility virus“ Weiterlesen
Comparative analysis of agile frameworks
In this post we want to address a question frequently asked by our clients - what is the difference between the well-known agile frameworks - Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, Kanplan, DevOps, Less and SAFe. Under this link you find a simple comparison based on the criteria - values and principles, role definition, artifacts, ceremonies, timing, metrics and prioritization philosophy: Double click Weiterlesen