Followers of my Digital Influencer series for Forbes might have noticed that many of the thought leaders I interview come from the software development world.
That’s no coincidence. After all, today’s digital enterprises are becoming software-driven organizations. Getting the software part right is absolutely critical.
But digital influencers like today’s subject, Scott Ambler, never consider software to be a separate world from the business. They all realize that software drives business success – not as a distinct effort, but as an integral part of what it means to successfully run a modern, digital enterprise.
Building Good Software: It’s all about Process
Scott Ambler is perhaps best known as one of the progenitors of Disciplined Agile, a leading framework for scaling Agile within large organizations, along with Mark Lines. Or perhaps you know him from one of the many, diverse book titles he’s penned or co-penned over the years, including Agile Modeling, Refactoring Databases, The Elements of UML 2.0 Style, or Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans, to name a few.
Read the entire article at http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2017/01/31/scaling-agile-is-lifes-work-for-digital-influencer-scott-ambler/.
Scott Ambler will provide more details about scaling Agile in his session Disciplined Agile Business Agility – One Size Does Not Fit All at the Business Agility Conference in New York City on February 23 – 24, 2017.
Intellyx publishes the Agile Digital Transformation Roadmap poster, advises companies on their digital transformation initiatives, and helps vendors communicate their agility stories. As of the time of writing, none of the organizations mentioned in this article are Intellyx customers. Image credit: Scott Ambler.
