Why use Agile as a Developer? – Part 2

Business Planning

In business planning, PESTLE is an analytical method for examining the impact of external factors on an organization and its strategy. It includes Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological, Legal and Environmental as the name suggests. To evaluate which approach is more suitable for a project between Agile and traditional models using PESTLE analysis, all the mentioned external factors are investigated.

 Political: these factors include government policies such as import and export policies. Political factors should be explored to see if it is possible to benefit from regional collaboration by increasing the level of Agility.

 Economic: this group includes interest and exchange rate, the stock market and size of the organization. Concerning these parameters puts a limit to the agility and control the level of Agility.

 Social: Culture and values, health and population and workforce are social factors. These factors have important effects on the structure of the organization and human resource internally. Externally, these factors influence the way customers collaborate with each other and with the organization.

 Technological: new technologies in hardware and software influence on the level of Agility in an organization and drive the business into a more Agile approach. New communications media, more efficient automation tools and faster underlying hardware provide the opportunity for location independence and faster product delivery.

 Legal: legal factors include taxation, insurance, and compliance legislation. These factors are demanded irrespective of the level of Agility in the organization. For example, detailed reporting may be needed for compliance legislation.

 Environmental: this aspect covers climate and ecology issues which influence all business types no matter Agile or not. But with increasing the level of Agility and making the process efficient, negative environmental effects will decrease as well.

Though the Agile manifesto was issued by a group of software developers, the concept of Agility is not just limited to software or technology projects. Many practices using the Agile model originated outside the software domain. These practices are so common that they are not limited to the software industry. Stand-up meetings provide the team with the transparency of what they are doing. Having a prioritized backlog of product items helps any team to work on most important issues of the product and stay organized. Collaboratively managing the work is an important aspect of the Agile model and is also applicable to various industries and projects. In this way, the product is released to the customer incrementally and feedback is received from the customers to improve the product. By adopting Agility, the team is flexible to any change required by customers though still focused on the product.

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