Traditional methodologies for software development like the waterfall model and the V-model have become increasingly redundant due to agile methodologies that are widely practiced today. Implementing agile philosophies like “self-organization” and “cross-functionality” have resulted in faster time-to-market and improvement in product quality, while enhancing IT productivity and employee engagement. This is due to the added emphasis agile methodology places on “collaboration” within teams and with customers.

Agile subsets like Scrum are beneficial for businesses due to changing customer requirements, evolving business environments, and upcoming trends. Thus, agile processes helps organization cope with change, saves time, and give more control over project schedule and states. C-level executives gain higher visibility on the state of projects, while customers benefit from shorter delivery time and customizability.

With more business and organizations becoming ‘agile’, there are numerous agile solutions and services providers in the market today. Their solutions facilitate agile adoption within organizations and streamline all the processes involved. Agile vendor primarily look to address prevalent agile issues like complex agile reporting and metrics, fragmented communication, and inefficient project assessment. However, it is important for businesses and organizations, who plan to invest on agile solutions and services, to do so with a planned approach.

The current edition of CIO Advisor presents to you “Top 10 APAC Agile Solution Companies - 2017” to help you find the ideal solution provider. The organizations featured are some of the most prominent ones in the industry, chosen on the basis of their comprehensive range of offerings, infusing cost-effectiveness and inducing operational efficiency. The aim of this proposed list is to help SMEs and corporations find a befitting agile solution provider, that helps in achieving their set business goals.