Benefit of an Agile IS

Frequency of Rating1

N

Mean2

Std.

Dev

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

N/A

Rapid IS response to security threats like viruses and cyber attacks

0

1

0

2

13

23

114

1

154

6.61**

0.79

IS changes are made in a timely fashion

0

0

0

2

15

37

100

0

154

6.53**

0.73

Fast IS recovery from failures/outages

0

0

4

6

14

42

87

1

154

6.32**

0.98

Increase in efficiency and effectiveness of business processes supported by IS

0

1

0

6

22

54

71

0

154

6.21**

0.91

Effective information processing

0

2

3

9

23

54

61

2

154

6.02**

1.09

Alignment of IS with the business process requirements at all times

2

0

4

12

26

42

63

3

152

5.94**

1.23

Use of IS as a strategic business tool

0

1

7

10

26

54

54

2

154

5.89**

1.14

IS can meet the service level agreements (SLAs) for capacity and performance

0

1

6

8

42

52

42

3

154

5.75**

1.09

Quick building of capacity for handling peak loads and/or sudden loads

0

2

5

17

34

50

46

0

154

5.71**

1.78

Faster development of products and services

1

0

2

18

40

49

42

2

154

5.70**

1.10

Efficient information processing

1

2

4

18

38

43

47

1

154

5.66**

1.24

Increased financial benefits to the organization

2

2

6

12

33

52

44

3

154

5.68**

1.28

Rapid change in business processes

3

1

5

19

36

52

36

2

154

5.53**

1.29

Increased robustness of changes made to the IS

4

2

7

15

55

39

32

0

154

5.34**

1.34

Enhancement of IS capabilities

2

0

4

16

57

48

27

0

154

5.24**

1.11