Comments on: Why agile transitions fail ? http://digitalbrikes.com/onebrikeatatime/2008/06/04/why-agile-transitions-fail/ Notes on software development Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:41:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Denis http://digitalbrikes.com/onebrikeatatime/2008/06/04/why-agile-transitions-fail/#comment-372 Denis Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:12:25 +0000 http://digitalbrikes.com/onebrikeatatime/?p=44#comment-372 So how can the people in an organization absorb so much change in a single go ? I probably need to get on reading <a href="http://www.fearlesschange.net/" rel="nofollow">Fearless Change</a> now ;) So how can the people in an organization absorb so much change in a single go ?

I probably need to get on reading Fearless Change now ;)

]]> By: cesar http://digitalbrikes.com/onebrikeatatime/2008/06/04/why-agile-transitions-fail/#comment-365 cesar Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:13:45 +0000 http://digitalbrikes.com/onebrikeatatime/?p=44#comment-365 I agree with tim. I would also suggest that agile transformations would benefit from making a bigger issue of "pairing" practices. What have others experienced on this front? Are the "agile" teams you have observed conscious of the cause and effect of picking and choosing practices? I'm not saying you shouldn't pick and choose; I'm just saying that the reason why the luminary likes of Craig Larman advice the rest of us to "try it by the book first" is that picking and choosing is challenging even to them! My hypothesis is therefore that the reasons agile transformations fail include "not doing it by the book and picking unpaired practices". The next test is to find what are the success rates of companies that choose all-out transformations. I agree with tim. I would also suggest that agile transformations would benefit from making a bigger issue of “pairing” practices. What have others experienced on this front? Are the “agile” teams you have observed conscious of the cause and effect of picking and choosing practices? I’m not saying you shouldn’t pick and choose; I’m just saying that the reason why the luminary likes of Craig Larman advice the rest of us to “try it by the book first” is that picking and choosing is challenging even to them!

My hypothesis is therefore that the reasons agile transformations fail include “not doing it by the book and picking unpaired practices”. The next test is to find what are the success rates of companies that choose all-out transformations.

]]> By: tim http://digitalbrikes.com/onebrikeatatime/2008/06/04/why-agile-transitions-fail/#comment-364 tim Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:15:45 +0000 http://digitalbrikes.com/onebrikeatatime/?p=44#comment-364 I think you've got a good point. Agile contains so many mutually-reinforcing practices that it's difficult for an organization to see the full benefit from only adopting some at a time. But on the other hand, most rational organizations would be reluctant to adopt a whole slew of entirely new practices without first trying to phase them in and measure benefit as they go along. I think you’ve got a good point. Agile contains so many mutually-reinforcing practices that it’s difficult for an organization to see the full benefit from only adopting some at a time. But on the other hand, most rational organizations would be reluctant to adopt a whole slew of entirely new practices without first trying to phase them in and measure benefit as they go along.

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