Transcript Agile Project Initiation Survey 2009 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/scottAmbler.html Michael Vizdos www.implementingscrum.com Copyright 2009 Scott W.

Agile Project Initiation
Survey 2009
Scott W. Ambler
www.ambysoft.com/scottAmbler.html
Michael Vizdos
www.implementingscrum.com
Copyright 2009 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/
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About the Survey
• August 2008
• Message sent out to several agile Yahoo groups mailing lists
(extremeprogramming, agilemodeling, agiledatabases,
scrumdevelopment, testdrivendevelopment)
• Data, summary, and slides downloadable from
www.ambysoft.com/surveys/
• 280 respondents:
– 18% were developers, 48% were in management or leadership
roles
– 40% had 10-20 years IT experience, 22% had 21+ years
– 49% worked in North America, 33% in Europe, 12% in Asia Pacific
– 24% had 3-4 years of agile experience, 23% had 5 or more years
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Interesting Results
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69% had a wide range of stakeholders
30% were in regulatory compliance situations
38% were on mission-critical projects
46% were co-located in a single room
77% developed a high-level schedule, and 12%
developed a detailed schedule.
• 47% had a firm delivery date, and another 28%
have promised an end date although it may
change
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Agile and Legacy Systems
Working With
Legacy in Some
Way
78%
Integrating With
Legacy Systems
Evolving Legacy
Systems
Working with
Legacy Data
57%
51%
45%
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Agile Approach to Initial Requirements
76% High-level initial requirements modeling
30% Detailed initial requirements modeling
12% Have initial requirements models supplied to them
10% Use enterprise models as a reference
12% Use industry models as a reference
88% Do some sort of initial modeling or have initial models supplied
to them
89% Do some sort of initial modeling, or have initial models
supplied, or leverage reference models
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Agile Approach to Initial Architecture
70% High-level initial architecture modeling
25% Detailed initial architecture/design modeling
12% Have initial architecture/design models supplied to them
14% Use enterprise models as a reference
12% Use industry models as a reference
83% Do some sort of initial modeling or have initial models supplied
to them
86% Do some sort of initial modeling, or have initial models
supplied, or leverage reference models
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Approach to Initial Estimation
8% No initial estimate at all
9% High-level estimate based on traditional estimation technique
28% High-level estimate based on agile estimation technique
36% High-level estimate based on reasonable guess of experienced
person(s)
5% Detailed estimate based on traditional estimation technique
7% Detailed estimate based on agile estimation technique
6% Detailed estimate based on reasonable guess
3% Don’t know
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Justifying Agile Projects
81% had to justify their projects in some manner
Show Stakeholder Concurrence
48%
Show Technical Feasibility
45%
Estimate ROI
29%
Show Operational Feasibility
21%
Considered Commercial Packages
Considered Offshoring
Estimate NPV
14%
8%
5%
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Did you need to produce a vision document
(or similar) as part of project initiation?
Don't Know
7%
No
37%
Yes
56%
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How long did it take your project team to
get started? (Average: 3.9 weeks)
<1 Week
8%
1 Week
10%
2 Weeks
19%
3 Weeks
12%
4 Weeks
17%
5-6 Weeks
7-8 Weeks
11%
3%
> 8 Weeks
Don't Know
12%
10%
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