Chapter 3. Are you ready for agile?

Yes, you’re ready for agile. The real questions are as follows:

We’re confident you can improve your current development process and obtain a level of agility. If your environment is conducive to it, you may be able to reach the level of agility that Archway Software reached in our discussion in chapter 2.

We’ll start this chapter by providing information that helps you understand the goals of an agile process and how these goals relate to packaged agile methods such as Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum. The chapter will conclude by discussing our approach for bringing agile into your workplace. We’ll start your migration by providing a tool that will let you assess your potential for bringing in agile practices and cultural changes.

3.1. What areas will you become more agile in?

3.2. The different flavors of agile

3.3. Create your own flavor to become agile within your constraints

3.4. Key points to remember

3.5. Looking ahead