On February 8, 2013, Service Performance Insight (SPI) released the 2013 Professional Services Maturity(tm) Benchmark. The report analyzes data from 234 organizations and 55,000 consultants that participated in a 2013 survey, and comparative data from five years of past survey data. SPI is a global research, consulting and training company.
Scrum is the most common agile method used in business intelligence BI and data warehousing projects according to David Stoddler at TDWI.
Source: Stoddler, David. Achieving Greater Agility with Business Intelligence. TDWI bet practices Report, TDWI Research, First Quarter 2013.
Aberdeen just released a study on Professional Services Automation. Managing changing customer expectations (57%), poor communication and understanding of customer expectations (23%), and inability to stick to project timelines (19%) were three of the top five challenges. These finding scream the message that agile project practices should become the new standard for managing client engagements.… Continue reading Should Agile Project Methodologies Be The New Standard?
According to surveys from several sources (Versionone (2011), Dr. Dobb’s Journal (2008), Shine Technologies (2003), the benefits of agile projects are: Higher productivity and lower cost, Improved employee engagement and job satisfaction, Faster time to market, Higher quality, and Improved stakeholder satisfaction.
In August 2012, Jurgen Appelo published a list of (Top 100 Agile Books (Edition 2012)) by using a qualitative (average ranking) and quantitative (average rating) rating system. His list reflects the most and the best ratings based on the time span, during which the books earned the ratings.