1. Accelerate
Delivery
Make Better
Decisions
Increase
Agility
Ensure
Alignment
9th Annual State of Agile™
Survey

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Respondent Demographics
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Industries Represented
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Personal Experience with Agile
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Company Experience & Adoption
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Percentage of Teams Using Agile
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Reasons for Adopting Agile
Top 2 reasons same as last year, increase productivity moved to top 3

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Distributed Agile Teams
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Agile Maturity
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Benefits from Implementing Agile
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Actual Improvements from Implementing Agile
Top 3
benefits of
agile,
4 years
in a row

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Agile Methodology Used

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Agile in Outsourced Dev Projects
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Top 5 Agile Techniques
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Leading Causes of Agile Failures
Note: 2 of Top 5 Related to Cultural Change

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Barriers to Further Adoption
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How Success is Measured with Agile Initiatives

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How Success is Measured on a Day-to-Day Basis

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Scaling Methods & Approaches

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Top 5 Tips for Success with Scaling Agile
Communities

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General Tool Uses & Preferences
Agile project
management tool
intent to use
doubled
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Agile Project Management Tool Usage
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Satisfaction with Agile Project Management Tool Choice
VersionOne -
#1 Recommended Tool
Respondents were asked,
regardless of which tool they
were using, whether they would
recommend based on past or
present use.
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9th Annual State of Agile Survey
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