Copyright 2013 Scott W. Ambler How Agile Are You? Survey Results Scott W. Ambler

Copyright 2013 Scott W. Ambler 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’s 2013 How Agile Are You? Survey posted at Many slides have notes

Copyright 2013 Scott W. Ambler About the Survey Ran last week of December 2012 and January 2013 Survey link included in: – pagewww.ambysoft.com/surveys/ –Posting to Agile and Lean and the DAD discussion groups on LinkedIn –Posting to –Twitter posting Data, summary, and slides downloadable from respondents –19% were programmers or agile team members, 16% were managers, 25% were “ScrumMasters” –14% worked in orgs of 500+ IT people –47% North American, 32% European, 12% Asia Pacific

Criteria for a Disciplined Agile Team Business value Produce a working solution on a regular basis which provides quantifiable value to stakeholders ValidationDo continuous regression testing, and better yet take a Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach Stakeholder Collaboration Work closely with their stakeholders, or a stakeholder proxy, ideally on a daily basis Self organization Are self-organizing and work within an appropriate governance framework ImprovementRegularly reflect on, and measure, how they work together and then act to improve on their findings in a timely manner © Scott Ambler + Associates 4

How “Agile” Are Teams Claiming to be Agile? Copyright 2013 Scott W. Ambler

How “Agile” Are Teams Moving Towards Agile? Copyright 2013 Scott W. Ambler

Criteria for a Disciplined Agile Team Teams Claiming to be Agile Teams Moving to Agile Business value 91%83% Validation88%69% Collaboration99%94% Self organization 72%51% Improvement92%90% All Criteria65%39% © Scott Ambler + Associates 7

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 We can help. Copyright 2013 Scott W. Ambler