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Agile Software Development Gaining Momentum, Survey Finds


July 25, 2006; 06:46 AM
A survey conducted by agile software development industry leader, Digital Focus (http://www.DigitalFocus.com), concludes that interest in agile development methods is growing across the IT landscape with 81 percent of those surveyed either actively using agile development methodologies within their organization or looking for opportunities to do so. Agile practices address the critical challenge facing organizations today -- having the flexibility to respond to a changing business environment.

Our survey shows that agile is gaining acceptance as a primary tool to meet today's IT challenges," said Erin Smith, president of Digital Focus, a division of Command Information. "Agile's learning-driven approach to development, with its emphasis on continuous communication, testing and change, is fundamentally different from the traditional 'waterfall' methodology widely used today. The survey underscores the fact that preconceived notions about software development -- namely that it should adhere to a static plan created and requirements defined at the outset of a project -- remain a central challenge to the wide adoption of agile."

Launched at the Agile 2005 Conference to assess the state of agile adoption, the survey compiles the responses of 136 executives across 128 organizations ranging from less than 25 to over 5,000 employees. Mid-sized companies are defined as having 100-1,000 employees; large companies have greater than 1,000 employees. The complete survey is available at http://www.digitalfocus.com/research/research.php.

    Key findings of the Digital Focus Agile 2006 Market Survey include:

    * 46 percent of mid-sized companies are already adopting agile practices
      company-wide; and while only 12 percent of large companies are using
      agile practices company-wide, 44 percent of these organizations are
      using agile practices on a project;

    * 51 percent of all participants reported that the lack of knowledge or
      skill is one of the top three barriers to adopting agile;

    * 56 percent of the executives surveyed saw the lack of internal
      experience and/or skills as a barrier to adopting agile processes;

    * IT and non-IT professionals are looking for agile practices to solve
      different problems: 51 percent of non-IT professionals are looking to
      agile to improve speed and predictability in software development, while
      47 percent of IT professionals look to agile to help them manage the
      scope of projects while being more responsive to change.

The Digital Focus Agile 2006 Market Survey was developed to understand the extent to which agile development is moving into the mainstream of IT practices, to better assess the drivers towards agile adoption, and to identify the barriers leaders must overcome in order to establish agile development as a mainstream approach within their organizations. The survey sought to identify differences between how IT professionals and non-IT professionals view the drivers to change to agile development, and the challenges organizations face in adopting agile methods.

About Command Information and Digital Focus

Command Information (http://www.CommandInformation.com) is the largest pure-play IPv6 Solutions provider in America, offering strategy, tactical direction and application development services for Fortune 1000 companies and government organizations seeking to move to the fast-emerging new version of Internet protocol. The Herndon, VA-based company focuses on the six key areas required to leverage IPv6: IPv6 training, transformation, and strategy, application development, application and infrastructure security, mobile convergence and telematics, business and information strategy, and network architecture and implementation. Command Information's Application Development practice is led by Digital Focus (http://www.digitalfocus.com), a leader in agile software development and integration services. The company specializes in solving complex business problems with unmatched speed and precision.

 

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