At the Five-Year Mark, Agile Manifesto Still Stands
But adoption of agile methodologies is only now starting to be seen beyond project level
By Jennifer deJong
March 15, 2006 —
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Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.Working software over comprehensive documentation.Customer collaboration over contract negotiation.Responding to change over following a plan.
Five years after the Agile Manifesto was inked, the jury is out on its impact. On the one hand, there is evidence that the ideas put forth by its backers have taken hold, influencing how teams think about software development today. On the other hand, adoption of agile methodologies is only now beginning to get off the ground.
Even teams that aren’t consciously practicing an agile methodology are moving toward more incremental delivery of software and earlier testing, particularly around service-oriented architecture (SOA) projects, said Forrester analyst Carey Schwaber, referring to two well-known agile practices.
Another agile concept that has moved into the mainstream is the notion that effective customer interaction is key to producing good software, said Martin Fowler, one of 17 software consultants behind the Agile Manifesto. “The first and third values [of the manifesto] have to do with people and interactions,” he said. Emphasizing those things, instead of tools and processes, was revolutionary for its time, he said. But today, the importance of customer collaboration is well-understood.
According to a November 2005 report published by Forrester, agile software development processes are in use at 14 percent of North American and European enterprises. Another 19 percent of enterprises are either interested in adopting agile or already planning to do so, the survey found. But adoption rates don’t tell the whole story, said Schwaber, who authored the report. “The real numbers are higher. A project uses agile methods, and then the project ends. It’s difficult to discover every team in the company that is doing agile development.”
The survey, which marks the first time Forrester has formally measured agile adoption rates, concluded that a second wave of agile adoption is under way, as enterprise IT shops adopt agile processes to cut time-to-market, improve software quality and strengthen their relationships with business stakeholders.
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