TALKING BUSINESS
CA Technologies
finds only 12%
of organisations
realising the
full benefits of
business agility
An overwhelming majority of
Heidi Ziegelmeier, Business Development Manager, CA
surveyed organisations believe
Southern Africa
agility allows them to respond
more quickly for a distinct market
advantage, but only a minority of organisations can claim they are
on the path to achieving agility across the entire corporation.
C
A Southern Africa has announced
results from a first-of-its-kind CA
Technologies sponsored study that
reveals that only 12% of companies
can claim that their entire corporation
is on the path to business agility,
even though more than two thirds of
survey participants agreed that agile
organisations are better able to quickly
respond to dynamic business conditions.
The survey, ‘Business Agility throughout
the Enterprise’, finds improved business
agility is expected to deliver:
• Better competitive advantage
(54% of respondents)
• Higher customer satisfaction and
retention (65% of respondents)
• Increased employee productivity and
retention (58% of respondents)
• Reduced costs (57% of respondents)
• Faster time to act on new
opportunities (84% of respondents)
84% of survey participants believe that
the capability to respond more quickly
to new opportunities will give them a
distinct advantage, but only 1 in 10
executives said they are leveraging
the benefits of agility across their
whole organisation to achieve speed
and responsiveness. The majority of
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respondents attributed the challenges
of agile methodology adoption
throughout the organisation to complex
environments (64%), cultural or political
barriers (58%), a lack of financial
commitment to change (25%), and
outdated apps and tools (25%). Lack of
skills or faith in the process are dismissed
as relatively inconsequential problems.
Increased agility drives better
results across the company
Business agility is recognised and
appreciated for the benefits it can
deliver in aligned organisations. Even
with increased adoption, there is still a
lot of opportunity to be gained.
As organisations continue to incorporate
agile methodologies and practices
across the enterprise, they will see some
marked improvements in their business.
Improved business agility was cited by
respondents as key to reducing fire-drills
(51%), improving process efficiency
(47%) and increasing cross-functional
visibility (47%). Additional benefits in
collaboration, customer impact and
experience, and alignment across
planning and investment were also
identified in the survey.
“Success today requires that companies
quickly sense and adapt to changes,
pivot to address market changes and
customer needs, and do so at scale,” says
Heidi Ziegelmeier, Business Development
Manager, CA Southern Africa. “As
organisations become modern software
factories, adopting an agile mindset and
implementing principles across every
department – from manufacturing to
marketing to finance – ensures that
organisations can speed-up performance
to remain competitive.” n
“As organisations
continue to
incorporate agile
methodologies and
practices across the
enterprise, they will
see some marked
improvements in
their business.”
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