“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” – Jonathan Swift
Given the rapid and accelerating rate of business change and competition, it is not unusual for businesses to want to deploy a major new product or upgrade rapidly. Sometimes business survival might hang in the balance and depend on such a product deployment. This is one of many reasons agile and scrum are so popular – they drive speed to market.
Consider as an example a business with multiple business lines in siloed divisions with little to no cross-selling. A website and mobile application that allows all businesses to showcase their products and cross-sell could bring a significant boost in revenue. However, each of the divisions sees the final website and mobile application differently. They may also have biases or preferences for their own division’s interests that prevent them from looking at a bigger picture. Should we just dive into design, sprints and coding, and hope for this to sort itself out?
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Source: IT Strategy