The Covid-19 pandemic has necessitated that your organization leverage digital technologies. This adoption of digital technologies at scale has facilitated work from home for employees and improved work flow in the organization. Capitalizing on these gains the CEO sees an opportunity to build for the future and has created a task force that will focus on a digital transformation of the organization. This is a major initiative that will have long lasting implications on the organization. You, in the role of a system analyst, have been selected as a member of the task force.

In preparing for the first meeting of the task force you realize the importance of setting the tone for this key project. A key challenge you foresee is the system development approach your organization will use for this project as there are multiple options that can be used for this digital transformation.

How would you convince task force members (non-technical process oriented business managers) to use Agile rather than traditional system development approaches for the digital transformation? Identify three key arguments. (300 words)

Note: Answers to this question may be written in the context of the organization you work for or worked for at some point in time. For those students who do not currently work assume the organization is a small and medium sized organization (manufacturing or service or educational) with digital technology investments worth about $2 million.

Once all students have posted their answers, the mid-week join the conversation phase will allow you to evaluate (critique) these arguments. These posts should be limited to 200 words. Finally, based on your initial answers and the mid-week evaluation, synthesize at the end of the week. This post is limited to 300 words. When you synthesize see how you can combine and connect what you have learned from the weekly postings by others. When one combines and connects, you extend the discussion and often new ideas emerge. This is true learning. Feel free to use external sources to make your arguments and remember to cite them.

Please refer to the assignment/discussion grading rubric to understand how I will evaluate your responses.