It is hard to read about project management or team development these days and not hear of the rising demand for collaborative work experiences. Everyone from Gartner to Forrester have some research on the rise of the collaborative tools. But why is collaboration being focused on so much now?
According to Costin Tuculescu, VP of Collaboration at Intermedia, “The evolution of collaboration and the influx of millennials will reshape the workplace in the near future.” Those of us at Swarm tend to agree with this viewpoint, and the purpose behind it (creating a better, more productive work environment) is exactly what we are trying to solve for.
The internet and mobility are enabling a different paradigm of information collaboration, and a millennial-dominated workforce is on the horizon. This requires a complete overhaul of communication tools and services. Much like video calling is becoming the norm in the consumer world with millennials, video conferencing will become ubiquitous in business, bridging the gap between distributed teams, vendors and customers — creating stronger bonds between stakeholders. Likewise, we see that the applications that currently separate disciplines, will be required to come together and start allowing for larger, more interdisciplinary teams.
Enterprise-scale agile adoption continues to grow, driving evolution in the market for planning and management. Application leaders looking to facilitate coordination and collaboration while enabling insight into their organizations’ flow of work should consider enterprise agile planning tools.
Enterprise Agile Planning Tools Market Description According to Gartner
- Agile adoption has become mainstream — Agile now accounts for more software development activity than any other type of methodology. Agile competency is growing throughout the industry.
- Fragmented strategies — Most clients are still predominantly best-of-breed users of EAP and related tools, reflecting the fragmented tool strategies of many end-user organizations prior to adopting enterprise-class agile development.
- Digital business — Digital business strategies continue to promote agile adoption and maturity, driven by the need for stronger Mode 2 capabilities (see “How to Achieve Enterprise Agility With a Bimodal Capability”).
- DevOps — The increasing use of DevOps and its extension into the business mean that parallel strategic commitments to agile development and governance are required.
- Maturing agile frameworks — As organizations apply agile to larger software development efforts, enterprise agile frameworks are becoming more mature and more widely adopted, such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) and Disciplined Agile (DA).
- Product management — The drive to provide continuous value has led enterprises to shift from a project-based software delivery approach to one that treats applications as products. The corresponding shift to product management places new demands on EAP tools.
- Continuous monthly, weekly and even daily deliverables based on business outcomes
- Increased visibility into the flow of work
- Requirements captured in epics, features, user stories and tasks
- Collaborative and shift-left practices, such as test-driven development
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