Agile software development / Scrum in outsourcing services

Agile development is a disciplined and collaborative approach to producing software. This methodology mitigates project risk by easily responding to and absorbing project adjustments while still delivering the right system at the right time. Agile's fast iteration style, taken from Lean manufacturing disciplines, works on the principle that all parties are part of the team and that the team is always focused on the highest business value.

Exigen® Services, a recognized leader in this area, has been doing Agile outsourcing projects since 2002. Over this time we have worked with many of the industry's leading consultants to develop and refine our approach to deliver higher value and reduce risk through enhanced communication and governance as well as through innovative commercial terms. Exigen Services has pioneered innovative Agile software development processes that allow us to provide outsourcing services transparently and collaboratively with our clients despite the fact that the development teams may work in offshore locations. We have a great deal of expertise in aligning our Agile processes with rigorous and sometimes many-layered corporate governance and decision making processes. Exigen Services' brand of Agile outsourcing methodology gives our customers the control over project risk that they need while enabling them to respond to changes in their business requirements.

Exigen Services utilizes Scrum methodology as its primary Agile software development framework. Scrum offers necessary communication practices, project oversight and metrics to ensure successful delivery while remaining flexible and responsive to change.

Exigen Services' outsourcing Agile engagements are organized around short release cycles (typically every 3 months) and right-size project teams to provide maximum client benefit with minimum overhead. We offer a number of options for business terms depending upon the size and objectives of the software project. For enterprise class projects we recommend Flex-agility(sm) – a fixed-price Agile-based offering, available only from Exigen Services.