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Voke: Confusion abounds over how to use agile


By Suzanne Kattau


 Suzanne Kattau
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July 25, 2012 —  (Page 1 of 3)
Analyst firm Voke recently published “Market Snapshot Report on Agile Realities,” a report that reveals that agile development is often assumed to be faster, better and cheaper than waterfall, but often proves to be otherwise. “Many organizations are diving into the agile movement without a clear understanding of what it is, and what the consequences of adoption may be,” Theresa Lanowitz, lead analyst at Voke, said in a statement.

The July 11 report summarizes the results of a Voke survey of more than 200 participants about their use and general perceptions of agile software development. The report’s two main findings were that organizations often experienced difficulty with agile because they start agile without first having a clear understanding of what agile is, and that the average cost of agile software projects is rising dramatically in spite of smaller development teams working much shorter durations.

Voke’s report also provides details on the types of projects that are more likely to succeed with agile, the benefits and challenges of agile most frequently cited by survey participants, and agile project results across technology and other enterprise companies. The report is designed to provide organizations a context for evaluating whether or not to participate in the agile movement, as well as identifying how, when, or whether or not agile practices make sense for their organizations.

Many survey respondents started agile software development without first having a clear understanding of what agile is. “We read over 100 unique definitions of agile, with 9% of survey respondents really uncertain of the definition,” Lanowitz told SD Times. “And I think that’s part of the problem. There’s no definition of what agile is. There’s no centralization of it.

“In the report, we talk about the fact that we believe agile is based upon the Agile Manifesto and the guiding principles of it. However, when you look at those things, there’s no mention of Scrum, there’s no mention of iterative, there’s no mention of a lot of these things that people say, ‘Oh yes, of course that’s agile.’ So, who is to say that something is or isn’t agile? So that adds to the confusion.”


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07/26/2012 02:55:53 PM EST

This seems like a one sided piece. You intereviewed an agile consulting shop -- "Throughtworks" for this? Of course they are going to complain about it. Agile did not invent TDD, refactoring etc as opined by the Agile Vendor. Jordan

United StatesJordan


08/16/2012 05:52:17 PM EST

If you'd like to read my full response to Voke's article, it's available here: http://continuousdelivery.com/2012/07/voke-report-agile-delivers-higher-customer-satisfaction-and-quality/

United StatesJez Humble


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