Agilean

What Agilean does

Agilean, legally registered as Aijie Software Development (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (爱捷软件开发(深圳)有限公司), is a privately held China-based consulting and software firm founded in 2010 by CEO Mingxuan Cheng (程鸣萱). Headquartered in Shenzhen with a regional presence in Shanghai, the firm operates with 30+ professional consultants who average 20 years of industry experience, plus four chief consulting advisors. The company's core offerings integrate professional agile/digital transformation consulting with a self-developed zero-code enterprise digital management platform called Zhiwei (知微), which covers organizational structure, project and product management, OKR, delivery management, test management, and efficiency measurement.

Agilean's underlying technology stack rests on four proprietary frameworks: the ADAPT scaled agile framework specifically designed for Chinese financial organizations (with tribe systems, three-layer requirements, 5+3 roles, dual-dimension version iteration, and 20 main agile activities), FLEET (lean efficiency improvement), DEF (R&D performance evaluation), and RISE (version iteration rhythm). The Zhiwei platform embeds the ADAPT methodology as out-of-the-box best practice content rather than generic tooling. The platform has completed Xinchuang (信创) compatibility certifications with Huawei Kunpeng ARM chips, Haiguang x86 CPUs (5000/7000/KH-30000/KH-20000/ZX-C+ series), Kylin OS, and Uniontech server OS, positioning it for China's domestic IT replacement mandate in financial services.

Agilean derives revenue from three streams: enterprise agile/digital transformation consulting engagements (professional services, quote-based, multi-year contracts), the Zhiwei software platform (subscription/recurring product revenue), and public training courses on lean kanban and agile leadership. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales, with regional partner coverage in South China (partner Xiaolong Xiong) and East China (partner Jingjing Lei), targeting C-level and senior management at large financial institutions. The firm has executed 50+ consulting cases over 11 years across 30+ named customers, concentrated in banking (ICBC, Bank of China, China Merchants Bank, Ping An Bank, Shanghai Bank, Ningbo Bank, China Everbright Bank, ABC, BoCom, SPDB, Industrial Bank, CITIC Bank, WeBank, Changsha Bank, among others), insurance (Ping An P&C/Life, China Life Overseas, Taikang Life, Minsheng, Zhong'an), and securities/asset management (CICC, China Merchants Securities, GF Securities, E Fund, GF Fund), with limited extensions into telecom, logistics, and tech (China Post, SF Technology, Huawei).

Name

Agilean

Legal name

爱捷软件开发(深圳)有限公司

Website

https://agilean.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Agilean is a Shenzhen-based consulting firm specializing in agile and digital transformation for large Chinese financial institutions, combining proprietary consulting methodologies (ADAPT, FLEET, DEF, RISE) with its zero-code Zhiwei (知微) digital management platform and Xinchuang-certified domestic IT stack.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Agile Transformation Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Training (61142)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital & Technology Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Innovation, Product & R&D Consulting (BPAHACAM), Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB), Scaled Agile & Enterprise Product Delivery (SAFe/LeSS/Nexus) (EDABAHAJ)

Keywords

• Agile transformation consulting
• Digital management platform
• R&D efficiency consulting
• Scaled agile framework
• Enterprise software consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Shenzhen

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Agile Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements for digital transformation and agile methodology implementation. Services include organizational agile transformation, business innovation exploration and implementation, digital product management, R&D collaboration process optimization, and technical engineering improvement. The company has completed over 50 successful consulting cases over 11 years.
2. 知微 (Zhiwei) Software Platform: Enterprise-level zero-code digital management tool sold as a product platform to support organizational management digitization. The tool embeds the ADAPT framework methodology and supports rapid configuration and deployment.
3. Public Training Courses: Open courses on lean R&D management and agile practices that have received significant industry response. Topics include lean kanban certification training and agile leadership training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Agilean provides agile and digital transformation consulting services to Chinese financial institutions (banks, insurance companies, and securities/fund firms), covering scaled agile adoption, R&D efficiency improvement, and digital capability building. The firm complements its consulting engagements with Zhiwei (知微), a proprietary zero-code digital management platform sold on a subscription basis, plus public training courses. The combined offering is tailored to Xinchuang (domestic IT ecosystem) requirements.

Product overview

Agilean is a technology consulting company that offers a unified platform-plus-services model consisting of self-developed zero-code product '知微 (Zhiwei)' for organizational management, complemented by agile consulting services and proprietary methodologies including the Adapt framework for scaled agile transformation, FLEET for lean efficiency improvement, DEF for R&D performance evaluation, and RISE for version iteration management. The company focuses on financial services while serving technology, telecommunications, and high-end manufacturing sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 知微: 企业级零代码数字化管理工具，支持组织级研发管理、敏捷精益研发管理、OKR管理、效能度量等功能的数字化管理平台

Products and services

• Zhiwei (知微) Digital Management Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• R&D delivery time optimization of 30%, R&D throughput improvement of 35% - achieved by major city commercial bank through three phases and seven campaigns
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers38 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and minor.

• Huawei (华为)supportingTechnology or Integration知微 product has completed compatibility certification with Huawei Kunpeng ARM chips as part of 信创 (domestic IT) ecosystem development.
• 银河麒麟 (Kylin)supportingTechnology or Integration知微 has completed compatibility certification with Kylin operating system as part of domestic IT ecosystem support.
• 统信 (Uniontech)supportingTechnology or Integration知微 has completed compatibility certification with Uniontech server operating system as part of domestic IT ecosystem.
• 海光 (Haiguang)supportingTechnology or Integration知微 has completed compatibility certification with Haiguang x86 chips (Haiguang 5000 series, Haiguang 7000 series, KH-30000 series, KH-20000 series, ZX-C+ series) as part of 信创 ecosystem.
• Deke Info (深德科)minorOthersListed as a friendly link partner on Agilean's website. Website: https://www.dekeinfo.com/

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Infosys: Global IT services and consulting firm with substantial digital transformation practices for financial institutions. Overlaps with Agilean in agile transformation and enterprise consulting for banks/insurers, but operates at vastly larger scale across multiple industries.
• Cognizant: Global IT services firm with established digital transformation and agile practices serving financial services clients. Comparable in agile/digital consulting offerings and banking/insurance vertical focus, though much larger and more globally diversified than Agilean.
• Accenture: Global professional services firm with large-scale agile and digital transformation practices serving financial services worldwide. Competes with Agilean for digital and agile transformation mandates at large Chinese banks, though as part of a much broader portfolio.
• IBM Consulting: Global consulting arm of IBM with significant presence in Chinese financial services, including agile and DevOps transformation offerings. Comparable target market (Chinese banks/insurers) and digital transformation theme, though delivered as part of a much larger technology and consulting portfolio.
• McKinsey & Company (QuantumBlack / McKinsey Digital): Top-tier global management consultancy with a digital practice (QuantumBlack) increasingly serving Chinese financial institutions on agile and digital transformations. Represents the high-end incumbent that Agilean's boutique offerings are sometimes evaluated alongside.
• Deloitte (Deloitte Digital / Consulting): Big Four advisory firm with a digital transformation practice serving Chinese banks and insurers on agile operating model design and technology implementation. Comparable in target customer (Chinese financial institutions) but competes at much larger scale and broader service portfolio.

Regional players

• Digital China (神州数码): Major Chinese IT services and distribution group with consulting and digital transformation offerings for financial institutions, often bundled with Xinchuang-aligned infrastructure. Comparable as a domestic Chinese competitor targeting the same regulated financial-sector digital transformation budgets.
• Yonyou (用友网络): Leading Chinese enterprise software and cloud services vendor with a growing consulting and digital transformation practice serving Chinese banks and large enterprises. Comparable as a domestic Chinese platform-plus-services competitor, particularly relevant given the Xinchuang/domestic-IT positioning.

Direct peers

• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy specializing in agile delivery and digital transformation for enterprises. Highly comparable to Agilean in methodology focus (agile/lean), enterprise target customers, and bundled consulting-plus-product model, though at much larger scale and global footprint.

Emerging players

• Odd-e: Asia-based agile coaching and lean software development consultancy. Comparable to Agilean in its focus on agile/lean methodology training, certification, and transformation services for software organizations, though smaller scale and less vertical specialization in finance.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agilean-cn

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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