Do you follow waterfall or agile methodology while creating any product for your organization? Here are some of the reasons why Agile works best for your Sitecore product:
1- Increased Flexibility: A product mindset in a Sitecore website gives you the flexibility to grow and is quite an evolutionary approach. You can start with a few features first and then increase them as per the response you receive from your customers after launching the product. For example, if you want to increase support for your product, start by providing the user a contact us form functionality, and based on the customer’s interaction with the form, you can think of adding a ‘Live Chat’ feature to the website.
2- Reduced Risk: If we refer to the above example again, the agile methodology can help you reduce the risk. Instead of spending the entire investment and effort on a project, you can go step by step with a product and invest as per your product acceptance.
3- Better Customer Satisfaction: It is a customer-focused approach. By involving customers initially in your product development process, you can ensure that you are getting regular customer feedback as you develop the product.
4- Improved Quality: The definition of quality is always different if we look at it from different perspectives. A product-based approach can help you deliver a quality product per your customer’s needs. Deliver what your customer needs and not what you need.
5- Better Communication: The main highlight of this approach is regular team connection to understand the progress of the product. It keeps the team on track with their objectives, resolves dependencies and blockers, and achieves the sprint deliverables.
6- High Team Morale: Proper communication and regular connections keep the team morale high. It also helps keep everyone’s objectives aligned with the team’s objectives and hence the organization’s objectives.
7- Focuses on Progress Over Perfection: A product mindset focuses on progress over perfection. It is better to focus on progress rather than aiming for perfection.