Comments on: Slow change in agile consultancy http://blog.xebia.com/2010/01/20/slow-change-in-agile-consultancy/ Software development done right! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vivek http://blog.xebia.com/2010/01/20/slow-change-in-agile-consultancy/#comment-94192 vivek Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:07:48 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/?p=3985#comment-94192 Absolutely agree, The biggest factor is people. For any organization to adopt agile and “be agile” people need to be mature enough to appreciate the difference. I have seen many companies that just stand up during their meetings to call them "stand-ups" and burn midnight oil to complete the chunk of software promised to customer in 2 weeks so that they can call them "sprints", While all the time creating 100’s of documents so that they wont miss the next CMMI level X certification !!! Absolutely agree, The biggest factor is people. For any organization to adopt agile and “be agile” people need to be mature enough to appreciate the difference.

I have seen many companies that just stand up during their meetings to call them “stand-ups” and burn midnight oil to complete the chunk of software promised to customer in 2 weeks so that they can call them “sprints”, While all the time creating 100’s of documents so that they wont miss the next CMMI level X certification !!!

]]> By: Vishwa http://blog.xebia.com/2010/01/20/slow-change-in-agile-consultancy/#comment-94014 Vishwa Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:43:39 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/?p=3985#comment-94014 I see now that understanding people and acting accordingly matters so much ! Great article, Thanks ! I see now that understanding people and acting accordingly matters so much !

Great article, Thanks !

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