Ovum report details rise of agile development and its influence on
project and portfolio management (PPM)
The reality for many organizations is that multi‑modal IT – where
organizations will need to support and manage a wide range of IT
delivery approaches from IT‑centric mainframe on premise solutions to
pay‑as‑you‑goa external cloud services – is a true reflection of how
IT is delivered and consumed.
Ovum believes that operating IT in this complex environment requires
all the constituencies to be aligned and working to a single strategic
objective focused on holistic strategic demand management. The
challenge is that the different delivery approaches have different
teams, and often very little cross‑team collaboration takes place.
Ovum sees 2016 as the year when agile development will become the
dominant development methodology, and a different approach to project
and portfolio management (PPM) will be needed to optimize its delivery.