2018 State of Software Development Survey Results Scott W. Ambler www.scottambler.com @scottwambler Copyright 2019 Disciplined Agile

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Copyright 2019 Disciplined Agile About the Survey Ran during the first three weeks of December 2018 under the title “2018 State of Software Development Survey” Survey link included in: www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ page Twitter postings via @scottwambler Postings to several discussion forums on LinkedIn Data, summary, and slides downloadable from www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ 162 respondents 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. Copyright 2019 Disciplined Agile

Copyright 2019 Disciplined Agile Type of Team Data can only be a corporate asset when it is sound, timely, and easily accessible. Organizations must investment in concrete data quality techniques to make their data sources sound. Source: 2018 State of Software Development Survey Copyright 2019 Disciplined Agile

How Long Are Your Iterations/Sprints? This chart includes only the responses from people who indicated they were doing iterations/sprints. There was an option for an iteration of a single day but it received no responses. Source: 2018 State of Software Development Survey Copyright 2019 Disciplined Agile

Cadence of Internal Releases This chart only includes responses from people who said their team was mostly agile, lean, or taking a continuous delivery approach. Source: 2018 State of Software Development Survey Copyright 2019 Disciplined Agile

Cadence of Production Releases This chart only includes responses from people who said their team was mostly agile, lean, or taking a continuous delivery approach. Source: 2018 State of Software Development Survey Copyright 2019 Disciplined Agile

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