JUNE 2020CIOAPPLICATIONSEUROPE.COM6EditorialThe Relevance of Agile Methodologies in Today's WorldToday, there's a lot of buzz about Agile methodologies, frameworks, and practices, which have invariably proven their merits in the industry. Agile'sapplicability has spread everywhere, bringing with them a whole subset lexicon of tools and tricks to make workplaces much more efficient. Taken at face value, it may deceivably seem like another meaningless corporate buzzword used by project-management types. But if the process is done right, it will eventually become the holy grail of software development practice, customer retention, and many more enterprise ventures. To understand the importance of Agile, one needs to know something about the origins of agile methods. Stemming from the core principles of the Agile Manifesto, the process was created as a response to the inadequacies of traditional development methods. The software industry is a highly competitive market, and because of this very reason, software is something that has to be continuously augmented and updated. As a result, developers need to continually improve their products to keep on top of the game -- and the linear, sequential approach of the Waterfall method just isn't going to cut anymore.Currently, the word Agile can refer to business-related values and disciplines as well as the frameworks for implementing them, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), and Adaptive Project Framework (APF). Simply put, it is a process for managing a project characterized by constant iteration and collaboration to more fully answer a customer's needs. To help organizations, CIOApplications Europe editorial team has cherry-picked some of the most exceptional Agile Solution Providers, you should be looking up to in 2020.Let us know your thoughts!Royce D'Souza Managing Editoreditor@cioapplicationseurope.comEditorial StaffBen Jackson Ezra BenjaminJames SmithCalvin JamesSenior WritersLeah JaneClara MathewJoe PhillipSalesJennifer.Sjennifer.s@cioapplicationseurope.com 510.996.5125Graphics & ArtIssac George*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffContact Us:Phone: 510.996.5125Email:sales@cioapplicationseurope.comeditor@cioapplicationseurope.commarketing@cioapplicationseurope.comJUNE - 08 - 2020, Vol 04 - Issue - 11 (ISSN 2644-2531)Published by ValleyMedia, Inc.To subscribe to CIO Applications EuropeVisit www.cioapplicationseurope.com Copyright © 2020 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.Royce D'SouzaManaging EditorRoyce D'Souza
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