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1、January20,2010AgileDevelopment:MainstreamAdoptionHasChangedAgilitybyDaveWestandTomGrant,Ph.D.forApplicationDevelopment&ProgramManagementProfessionalMakingLeadersSuccessfulEveryDayForApplicationDevelopment&ProgramManagementProfessionalsJanuary20,2010AgileDevelopment:MainstreamAdoptionHasChangedAgili
2、tyTrendsinreal-WorldAdoptionofAgileMethodsbyDaveWestandTomGrant,Ph.D.withMaryGerushandDavidD’SilvaExECuTivESuMMAryInthepastfewyears,Agileprocesseshavenotonlygainedincreasingadoptionlevels;theyhavealsorapidlyjoinedthemainstreamofdevelopmentapproaches.AndwhilemoreorganizationsareadaptingtoAgileconven
3、tions,Agileisalsoadaptingtotheworkplace.PerhapstheclearestsignofthemainstreamingofAgileistheabandonmentoforthodoxy:Teamsarepuzzlingoutthemixofmethodologiesandcombiningthemtofitwithintheirorganizationalrealities,blendingAgileandnon-Agiletechniquesandpracticestocreateahybridmethodologythatfitslargero
4、rganizations.Otherchanges,suchasnewteamdynamicsandtheredefinitionofrolessuchasthebusinessanalyst,showthegenuineforcebehindAgileadoption.It’stimeforsoftwaredevelopmentprofessionalstostopsittingonthefencewhereAgileisconcerned.AccordingtothosewhohavesuccessfullyadoptedAgile,thebenefitsarewellworththee
5、ffort,andwiththerecentdramaticincreaseinAgileadoption,theprobabilityofworkinginorwithanAgileteamhasincreasedforeveryone.TAblEoFConTEnTSnoTES&rESourCES2AgileAdoptionGoesMainstreamForresterconductedthreeAgile-relatedsurveys10TeamsAreChangingToSupportAgilityin2009,allofwhicharereferencedinthisdocument
6、.TheresultsinthisdocumentarealsoWHATiTMEAnSbasedon15interviewswithvendors,morethan17AgileBecomesMainstream—ButNot30briefingswithvendors,60research-relatedWithoutSomeChangesinterviewsinthepastyear,andmorethan60rECoMMEnDATionSinquiriesrelatedtoAgilemethods.18AppDevProfessionalsShouldBlendAgileMethods
7、ToMeetTheirOwnNeedsRelatedResearchDocuments19SupplementalMaterial“FromAgileDevelopmentToAgileEngagement”May6,2009“EnsureSuccessForAgileusingFourSimpleSteps“March24,2009“MakeAgileleanToboostbusinessimpact”De