Using Method Engineering to Make a Traditional Environment Agile

by Brian Henderson-Sellers, Asif Qumer

Many software development organizations have a growing realization that they need a more formal process than "seat of the pants." They are aware that many development methods are overly bureaucratic and unhelpful, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises. They hear that agile processes may help, but how do they make the transition to a modern-day process? How do they determine how much agility the agile processes on offer today really possess? How do they determine how much agility they need, anyway?