Agile methods provide a very efficient way to develop software, but in the rush to experience the virtues of this effective development method, an important question is left unanswered: Does efficient software development (read "agile") necessarily bring a real advantage to the owner of that software? In the accompanying Executive Report, we explore this question.
Executive Summary
Is Agile Shortchanging the Business? (Executive Summary)
Posted November 28, 2011 | Leadership |
About The Author
Suzanne Robertson is a Cutter Expert and Principal and founder of the Atlantic Systems Guild. Ms. Robertson’s work includes research and consulting on the management, sociological, and technological aspects of requirements. Volere, the product of her research, is a complete requirements process and template for assessing requirements quality and for specifying requirements. She is the author of several papers on systems engineering and speaks at… Read More
James Robertson is a Cutter Expert and a Principal of the Atlantic Systems Guild. He currently advises companies on how to adapt modern software development techniques to fit specific projects and how to effectively transfer the new technologies to the software developers within the organization. Recently, his research has focused on the development of object-oriented systems, technology transfer techniques, and effective ways of determining… Read More
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