Agile approach for e-government apps development

The AGILE approach offers a multitude of benefits, from quality and transparency to risk reduction and the ability to make adjustments to meet deadlines and budgets. ALTEN presented this methodology as part of the development of e-government applications for a European country’s Ministry of Finance.

With its multidisciplinary team (developers and Scrum masters) of 25 engineers, ALTEN is responsible for developing around 200 online e-government applications (official site, intranet, etc.) used by 20,000 civil servants.

As part of this project, ALTEN is applying this cutting-edge software development and application management methodology, dividing the work into several phases (sprints) and then delivering them continuously over short cycles. Continuous planning and feedback throughout the process allows the ALTEN development team to easily realign business objectives if functional or priority changes are required at the beginning of each sprint. It can also manage tasks not initially planned (e.g. incidents, urgent requests, etc.).

Throughout the cycle, the involvement of users is encouraged, which improves visibility and transparency and enables the progress of projects to be demonstrated.

After three years on this project, our customer has fully integrated the Agile approach. With a user-friendly experience, accelerated learning curve to improve the productivity of new employees and more reliable applications, ALTEN has succeeded in making digital the preferred channel for citizens and businesses to interact with the government.