Business Agility and IT Agility

What is business agility: Gartner's view

Business AgilityPosted by Marcel van Oosterhout Sunday, December 03 2006 14:03:57

Gartner defines agility as "the ability of an organization to sense environmental change and respond efficiently and effectively to that change." One concept behind successful improvement is the agility cycle - a set of processes or steps that all organizations must go through to effectively identify and respond to changing business conditions. These steps include:

Sensing - Is the organization able to monitor and detect significant changes in its business environment? Strategizing - Is the organization able to develop alternative potential plans and directives to respond to the change? Deciding - Can the organization determine which of many alternative plans is the most effective and commit to those directives? Communicating - Does the organization consistently and comprehensively ensure the proper notification and understanding of key directives to all relevant personnel internal and external to the enterprise? Acting - Does the organization produce results efficiently that respond to business change and meet market demands effectively?

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