Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 09 | Page 63

INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Software for Business Four guardians guiding enterprise software development success Gareth Hawkey, CEO of redPanda Software, explains that there are four guardians that together guide each development project. It’s only with these four sections working together that the finished product can truly fuel growth and development within the enterprise. www.intelligentcio.com S peed, efficiency and constant disruption are what characterise and define today’s business environment. For those that cannot innovate, adapt and respond quickly to the market, survival is dubious (at best). Within the realm of enterprise software development, it is critical to have a structure in place that can respond to two major challenges within this environment: the need to mitigate risk, and the mandate of meeting the client’s brief and specific business needs (specifically within a time frame that allows the business to have the competitive edge without compromising the quality of the software being created). Both of these challenges require a software development approach that is founded upon agility and adaptability. INTELLIGENTCIO 63