Agile Transitions, Part 2

by Jim Highsmith

As more organizations face transitions to agile methods and those transitions involve larger segments of those organizations, the need for transition or transformation strategies increases. Just as agile project teams are taught to adapt to changing circumstances during projects, agile transition teams need both strategies to move forward and the ability to adapt these general strategies to their particular situations. We have found that agile transitions involve six key areas: agile vision, organizational roll-out strategy, practice strategy, methodology support strategy, integration strategy, and development environment. I will address these issues in this series of Advisors. This is the second article on agile vision (see "Agile Transitions, Part 1," 8 November 2007), in which I answer the following questions:

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Agile Transitions, Part 2Thu Nov 21 08:12:42 CDT 2007