1. 2014 Agile Adoption Survey Results
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About the Survey
Ran from February 13 to March until under the title “2014 Agile Adoption Mini-Survey”
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114 respondents
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How difficult where the following issues to address during your Agile Adoption?
Most
Difficult
Changing our business culture Adopting agile technical practices Changing our IT culture Using our existing tools in an agile manner Adopting new agile development tools Adopting agile management practices
Rating: -10 (Very Difficult) to +10 (Very Easy)
How each scored:
Changing our business culture (-5.1)
Adopting agile technical practices such as continuous integration (CI) or test-driven development (TDD) (-2.8)
Changing our IT culture (-2.4)
Using our existing tools in an agile manner (-1.1)
Adopting new agile development tools (0.1)
Adopting agile management practices such as daily stand up meetings and task boards (4.1)
Least
Difficult
Source: SA+A 2014 Agile Adoption Survey
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How important where the following issues to address during your Agile Adoption?
Most
Important
Changing our business culture Adopting agile management practices Changing our IT culture Adopting agile technical practices Adopting new agile development tools Using our existing tools in an agile manner
Rating: 10 (Very Important) to - 10 (Very Unimportant)
How each scored:
Changing our business culture (8.3)
Adopting agile management practices such as daily stand up meetings and task boards (6.0)
Changing our IT culture (5.8)
Adopting agile technical practices such as continuous integration (CI) or test-driven development (TDD) (5.6)
Adopting new agile development tools (1.8)
Using our existing tools in an agile manner (0.5)
Least
Important
Source: SA+A 2014 Agile Adoption Survey
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6. I would rate my organization’s adoption of agile as…
Overall this is very positive. Adopting agile techniques appears to be very low risk overall.
Source: SA+A 2014 Agile Adoption Survey
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About SA+A
Scott Ambler + Associates (SAA) is a boutique consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations adopt disciplined agile strategies, particularly at scale. We offer training, coaching, and transformation services. Our website is ScottAmbler.com. We can help.
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