May
15
How to adapt agile to different companies? My MBA thesis
My master's thesis is to look at how to apply agile.
There is an awful lot of corporate selling of agile - lots of management consultants selling their brand as 'best'.
I'm not interested whether XP, Scrum, Crystal Clear, Agile-CMMI, Six Sigma or any other brand/variant is best. I'm interested in what real, active developers actually apply as agile.
What I've investigated is how to tailor agile to different organisational requirements.
From research into how different organisations apply agile I've developed the following guidelines - a recipe for what agile variations should be applied in what situations:
Larger and more distributed or more flexible teams need stricter coding and testing standards, small teams can (and should) use less.
There is an awful lot of corporate selling of agile - lots of management consultants selling their brand as 'best'.
I'm not interested whether XP, Scrum, Crystal Clear, Agile-CMMI, Six Sigma or any other brand/variant is best. I'm interested in what real, active developers actually apply as agile.
What I've investigated is how to tailor agile to different organisational requirements.
From research into how different organisations apply agile I've developed the following guidelines - a recipe for what agile variations should be applied in what situations:
Larger and more distributed or more flexible teams need stricter coding and testing standards, small teams can (and should) use less.
