In this presentation filmed during Agile 2008, Scott Ambler talks about actual data resulting from surveys made during 2006-2008, showing how Agile is perceived and implemented within organizations. Some of the topics surveyed are: the adoption rate of Agile, the effectiveness of Agile approaches, the effectiveness of various techniques.
Watch: Agile in Practice: What Is Actually Going On Out There?(37 min)
Scott has conducted a series of surveys for Dr. Dobb’s Journal over the last three years on various aspects of Agile development. The results show how Agile is understood and used by people, how many are using Agile, what techniques they are using, etc.
Some of the results presented by Scott are:
- 69% of the organizations have adopted an Agile technique.
- Project success rate was: 83% for co-located teams, 72% for near located teams, 60% for far located teams.
- 60% of IT managers and developers consider that repeatable results are more important that repeatable processes.