The Agile Approach

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CHAPTER ONE : GOVERNMENT AGILITY Imagine if government had a way to make sure that its systems and processes always identified the most important tasks, that its teams work together toward common goals, and that allowed for errors to be identified and corrected quickly and effectively. The agile approach is exactly that. First devised by software engineers, the agile approach is an iterative and incremental approach that prioritises tasks based on their ROI and allows for high levels of collaboration and continuous feedback. The result is that projects are completed faster, more efficiently, and with greater adherence to their initial project goals. The Agile Approach The Agile Approach is a set of values and principles underpinned by good …show more content…

The reason behind this is that agile requires high performing teams, with high levels of trust, transparency and openness. These are traits of many business teams. While government teams may be high performing, the willingness of team members to adopt a new approach may be difficult and require time. Instead, government can partner with businesses that already utilise agile. And as mentioned by Gounden (2017), government does not need to do everything. In a changing environment, business and government need to work together to achieve inclusive growth. Furthermore, business will transfer the skills required for the continuation of the project to government. This is already currently the process in government: contractors are required to a skills transfer so that government can continue the …show more content…

In addition, areas in which targets are being met or are expected to be met and the causes need to also be evaluated. These areas will need to be evaluated together with business and civil society. After the evaluation, government, business and civil society will need to create a new development strategy that is flexible to the changing economic environment and considers changing methods of productivity, such as the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the movement towards digitisation. • Government needs to welcome partnerships with business and create an environment in which there is trust. One way is to put policies into place that reduce corruption through accountability. In addition, government must understand that they cannot do everything. Therefore, government needs to welcome partnerships with business even if it means government provides on the funding for the programme or

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