New Delhi, Mar 18: Project Management Institute (PMI) Agile Alliance today launched the Manifesto for Enterprise Agility, a leadership guide designed to help organizations embed adaptability across the enterprise and close the growing strategy–execution gap.According to PMI global C-suite research, 93% of senior executives must rethink and challenge their operating models at least every five years, with nearly 65% doing so every two years or faster. However, while 85% recognize enterprise agility as critical, 65% admit they have implemented it only to a limited extent or not at all.
The findings highlight a pressing challenge: organizations recognize the need to adapt but struggle to convert strategy into action and operationalize agility at scale.
“Enterprise agility is the capacity to adapt at scale without losing coherence – to decide quickly, redirect resources deliberately, and keep strategy actionable under real-world pressure,” said Pierre Le Manh, President and Chief Executive Officer of PMI. “Enterprise agility is a non-negotiable for organizations to remain relevant and leverage constant change to thrive and create value.”
Launched in the 25th anniversary year of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, the Manifesto for Enterprise Agility moves agility beyond teams and projects to the entire enterprise, including leadership behavior, governance models, funding approaches, and organizational culture.
Rather than prescribing a fixed framework, the Manifesto outlines how leaders can design and implement systems that enable adaptability. It emphasizes:
- Clear purpose realized through adaptive plans
- Shared enterprise outcomes over functional optimization
- Continuous reinvention over preservation
- Human-centric leadership amidst change
“For organizations in South Asia and globally, the landscape of disruption is constant. For Indian enterprises navigating rapid transformation and competitive pressures, enterprise agility offers a structured yet flexible approach to staying aligned while accelerating execution. The Manifesto is not just a guide; it’s a vital call to action for leaders to embed adaptability at every level, ensuring their enterprises can not only survive but truly lead in this dynamic era. It moves us beyond project-level thinking to a fundamental shift in how we envision, operate, and reinvent our entire organization,” commented Amit Goyal, MD, PMI South Asia.
Sagar Kochhar, former CEO and co-founder of Rebel Foods, added,
“Enterprise agility is less about frameworks and more about leadership courage – the courage to reset the vision, dismantle legacy assumptions, and trust teams to execute within systems designed for speed. This Manifesto captures a critical truth: enterprise agility is not a transformation initiative, but a leadership mindset required to continuously reinvent vision, structure, and execution in a volatile world.”
Grounded in two global C-suite surveys with over 700 responses, interviews with more than 30 senior leaders, and a practitioner survey, the Manifesto provides executives with a research-backed blueprint to translate strategic ambition into enterprise-wide execution.
