Introduce Agile – the quick fix to a slow team!

A team rowing the boat.

What happens if you only focus on making the team agile? Be careful what you ask for – you might just get it! Whenever I face a new organization trying to implement Agile as a work method, a specific question always strikes me; “Why do you want to move towards…

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Agile Adoption – Drivers and Detractors

Why do, or don’t, organizations adopt agile practices? Vijayasarathy and Turk study this issue in a paper published less than a month ago. They found that perceived norms and training are significant factors in promoting adoption of agile methods. Perceived benefits – such as the fact that TDD really does…

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