{"id":546,"date":"2016-06-20T18:43:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartforce.com\/blog\/?p=546"},"modified":"2016-06-21T00:23:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T00:23:18","slug":"agile-as-a-software-development-methodology-for-public-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartforce.com\/blog\/adventos\/agile-as-a-software-development-methodology-for-public-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Agile as a Software Development Methodology for Public safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smartforce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/agileSoftwareDevelopment.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-554\" src=\"https:\/\/smartforce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/agileSoftwareDevelopment.png\" alt=\"agileSoftwareDevelopment\" width=\"1000\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartforce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/agileSoftwareDevelopment.png 1000w, https:\/\/smartforce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/agileSoftwareDevelopment-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>What is Agile Software Development for public safety?<\/p>\n<p>In essence, agile software development is less any one particular technique and more a complete set of principles that help user in a bold new era of collaboration, organization and innovation. These are key factors that have made Agile a software industry standard, but even more important for us is that is tailor made for public safety because its ever changing environment and new challenges that are arising in the field on a daily basis. Public safety needs technology to quickly adapt to these changes and keep them ahead of the trends, connected to their communities and ultimately allow public servants to spend more time adding value to their community and less time doing paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>The agile software development methodology can be broken down into four core areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Individuals<\/li>\n<li>Working Software<\/li>\n<li>Customer Collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Responding to Change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Individuals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We at Adventos develops software by empowering our developers to work together with our field team hand and hand, this integration gives us the ability to bring creative ideas forward, allowing us to deliver new and innovative ways to help improve efficiency and effectiveness in public safety agencies across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Working Software<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adventos chose to build an Agency Management System (AMS) solution for the benefits that it brings not to a single silo, but to an entire organization. An AMS helps every individual to stay connected, regardless of the role they play, which ultimately leads to a stronger and more capable organization from the top down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Customer Collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Above all else, the most important element of the agile software development methodology is the customer. We are customer centric, everything we do is driven by customer and market input and then develop new solutions that address the needs of all our clients in Public safety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Responding to Change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We understand the needs of public safety agencies are always evolving and they need software that can quickly adapt to these changes. We have adopted a flexible software methodology in order to be the standard provider of AMS for all public safety agencies including Police, &amp; Fire departments, as well as, providing complete solutions for our cities. We are committed to do our part to help our agency partners make a positive impact on our communities and responding to change is a huge part of that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Adventos Way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From that perspective, we at Adventos didn&#8217;t choose agile as a software development methodology for our Smart Force suite of applications. Agile choose us. Thanks to the fact that it allows us to provide best-in-class law enforcement and public safety applications with speed for ever-evolving needs, we absolutely wouldn&#8217;t have it any other way.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the current and expanding features of Smart Force AMS solution, developed in collaboration with our customer partners, please visit our site at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventos.com\/\">www.adventos.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-normal synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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