1. 2017 Agile Readiness Survey Results
Scott W. Ambler
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About the Survey
Ran from May 10, 2017 to May under the title “May 2017 Agile Mini-Survey”
Survey link included in:
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Posting to Agile and Lean; Disciplined Agile discussion groups on LinkedIn
Twitter postings
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192 respondents
Questions included an “I don’t know” option. When processing the data from those questions, we have excluded those answers from the analysis.
A bit disappointed with only 54 responses. It is very difficult to get people to fill out a survey that is focused on data issues.
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4. Interesting Findings from the 2017 Agile Readiness Survey
Of all the organizational activities explored, only software development was perceived to be agile on average
Enterprise Architecture and Release Management activities were perceived to be neutral – Neither agile not traditional – on average
The appears to be a correlation between being willing to improve and being less traditional (or more agile)
The activities least willing to improve tended to be more traditional on average
The activities most willing to improve tended to be less traditional on average
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5. Agile Readiness – IT Areas (Scale of -10 to +10)
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6. Agile Readiness – Business Areas (Scale of -10 to +10)
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About SA+A
Scott Ambler + Associates (SAA) is a IT management 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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