Agile State of the Art Survey Results November 2011 Scott W. Ambler and Paul Gorans www.ambysoft.com/scottAmbler.html Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ How To Use These Slides I have provided these slides, and the raw data behind them, so that others can use them in their own work. You may reuse all, or a part of, this slide deck as long as you provide a clear reference to the source. The suggested reference is: Results from Scott Ambler and Paul Goran’s 2011 Agile State of the Art Survey posted at www.agilemodeling.com/surveys/ Some slides have notes Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ About the Survey November 2011 Survey link included in: www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ page Tweet by @scottwambler Posting to ambysoft@yahoogroups.com Posting to agile discussion forums (Agile CMMI, Agile and Lean Discussion) on LinkedIn Data, summary, and slides downloadable from www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ 168 respondents 49% were agile coaches 30% agile team members 79% had 10+ years of work experience, 40% had 5+ years of agile experience 40% worked in orgs of 1,000 or more people 54% North American, 23% European, 15% Asia Pacific Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ Team Size There was only four respondents indicating failed projects Average team size for successful projects was 26, although 12 when you drop the data for projects of 100 or more Average team size for challenged projects was 28, although 16.4 when you drop the data for projects of 100 or more # of responses Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

Geographic Distribution Near located = Everyone works on same floor + Everyone works in same building + Everyone on same campus + Everyone within driving distance Far located = Everyone within same time zone + Everyone within 3 hour time zone + Everyone global Percentage of responses Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ Agile Accelerators: Environmental Highly disagree(-10) to Highly agree (+10) Calculation: (#HighlyAgree*10 + #Agree*5 - #Disagree*5 - #HighlyDisagree*10)/(#HighlyAgree + #Agree + #Neutral + #Disagree + #HighlyDisagree) Agile CoE = We established an agile group/center to support our agile adoption efforts Organized for agile = We are organized to support most agile practices Agile environment = We have environments and tooling required for end-to-end collaborative development Dedicated business expertise = Agile teams can secure dedicated business expertise Single team = Agile team members are assigned to a single team Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ Agile Accelerators: Management and Governance Highly disagree(-10) to Highly agree (+10) Calculation: (#HighlyAgree*10 + #Agree*5 - #Disagree*5 - #HighlyDisagree*10)/(#HighlyAgree + #Agree + #Neutral + #Disagree + #HighlyDisagree) Addressing barriers = We are effectively addressing our barriers to agility Exec sponsorship = Our agile adoption effort has executive sponsorship Value creation = Agile teams are judged on business value creation Agile governance = IT and financial governance, including capitalization and budgeting processes, have been addressed and there is an officially recognized agile path Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

Agile Impediments Highly disagree(-10) to Highly agree (+10) Calculation: (#HighlyAgree*10 + #Agree*5 - #Disagree*5 - #HighlyDisagree*10)/(#HighlyAgree + #Agree + #Neutral + #Disagree + #HighlyDisagree) Traditional metrics = Agile teams are judged primarily on traditional IT and cost based metrics Two clocks problem = We have the two clocks problem, where agile teams want to move fast but some parts of the organization are not prepared to do so Copyright 2012 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/