Applying Agile Practices That Fit

Imagine if most new housing had serious leaks when it rained. It would not be tolerated.

For many organisations, software projects sometimes go well, but are often far from watertight.

Quality could be higher and costs lower. It's been expensive to track down bugs that have been lurking for weeks. It's been even more expensive to track down misunderstandings that have been lurking for months.

Extensions to the system could be done faster and with more certainty. The resulting system could better meet business goals, rather than being tolerated.

Many organisations have found that the discipline of agile practices has accentuated what they're doing and has led to more effective and adaptable software systems.

The place to start is in assessing the team's strengths and building on their positive development experiences. Then changes can be planned, with clearly defined goals. On-the-job coaching can speed up this process and lead to long-term benefits.

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Partial Agility

Many organisations have begun applying agile techniques, but figured that things could be better. Agility has encouraged learning and they're ready for a boost up the learning curve.

They have struggled to gain full benefits from agile and sustain those benefits. Their automated build is taking too long. Or their unit tests make code changes more difficult. Or they have old code that is awkward to bring under automated test. Or their team is not working cohesively. Or planning is taking too long or is erratic. Or, under pressure, the team reverts to old habits.