Exposing and Overcoming the Dirty Secrets of Agile Development

by Ken Collier, Luke Hohmann

Agile development methods are proving to be a highly effective approach to delivering high-quality software and systems that delight their consumers. Agile continues to be successfully applied across domains including mission-critical, internal systems, external products, database systems, and business intelligence (BI) applications. While agile's values, principles, and practices are largely based on common sense, they are not necessarily as easy to adopt and implement as they appear. In the accompanying Executive Report , we draw upon our collective experience in leading agile projects to divulge some dirty little secrets and give you concrete advice on how to avoid the pitfalls of agile projects. This report has special relevance for those seeking to engage agile approaches on what some consider nonstandard applications of agile, especially in the BI community.