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It’s true we have a bumpy economic outlook to face again - but the strong and rigorous businesses will survive. The challenge that all IT leaders will face is offering options for cost-cutting to their organizations. Accelerated time-to-value from current and ongoing projects, and new projects to support revenue growth while navigating justifiable “future foundation” investments such as SOA and EAI initiatives. Agile,  project management and development methods can help across the entire organization. IT leaders can also leverage the lessons from Lean manufacturing techniques - adapting the key lessons to IT. While your competitors focus on cutting overall costs, agile and lean organizations will continue to deploy strategic technology, positioning their businesses for future and steady growth while cutting project cycle times, and reducing waste. Agile project characteristics of accelerated value creation; a focus on business needs including revenue growth; and built-in ability to react to fast-changing conditions, like the economy, without taking projects back to square one, are tailor-made for these times of uncertainty.

What do you think?  I welcome your thoughts and comments.  Look for upcoming posts on the agile and lean advantages.