The following applies equally to start-ups and global corporations, to service providers and industrial enterprises: With the right organisational measures, an agile approach − which comprises the rapid development of operational software, regular small releases and team self-management − can give a big boost to your development work.
The main benefit of this approach as compared to traditional methods is that projects organised with an eye to agility can react flexibly to changes in the demands placed on the new software.
However, pure agility in the corporate world is hardly feasible in practice, which means that it is necessary to plan flexibility, too. This is why the notion of tamed agility was created for the New School of IT. This concept allows users to benefit from agility without having to risk potential drawbacks.