Agile.

Transform your department. Transform your company.

 

Windy City Agile Consulting helps companies transform the way they work. The results can be astounding.

 

Agile has transformed the software community as a more effective way of delivering both new features and new products to the marketplace. The beauty of Agile is that the software department organizes as small self-contained and high performing teams who produce usable results at a faster and more predictable rate, with increased quality and at a lower cost.  [Read more about Agile fundamentals]

 

Agile scales well, too, so that even the largest software applications can benefit from a group of teams all organized to contribute their part to the larger whole.  [Read more about scaling Agile]

 

Agile for the Enterprise: beyond software development

Agile can be adapted for other departments and functions in an enterprise. The concepts of highly-empowered teams, frequent incremental delivery of results, continuous learning, and open communication can enable a wide variety of functional teams to deliver results more predictably and efficiently.

 

Agile for Marketing

The Agile philosophy is good for marketing departments to adopt. With the many work streams, frequent requests for unplanned work, and many contributors to the results the continuous delivery and team centric communication that Agile fosters provides greater insight into timelines, potential bottlenecks, and productivity. [Read more about Agile for Marketing]

 

Agile Elsewhere

Agile is especially beneficial for projects where there is a high level of complexity or a high level of uncertainty, or both. The empirical process of "pause, learn, adjust" helps teams to make incremental decisions and course corrections throughout the process. The concept of failing early in order to correct quickly, reduces the uncertainty, cost and time that is involved in many operations activities. [Read more about Agile for Operations]

 

Agile is not "One Size Fits All"

Agile is a philosophy about how to approach work. There are a number of established frameworks that can be used to implement Agile. Certain frameworks may be more appropriate for the nature and type of work your department or organization performs. [Read more about Agile Frameworks]