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14th Annual State of Agile Report
14th Annual State of Agile Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Over 40,000 Agile executives, practitioners, and
The
consultants have participated in the State of Agile
survey since its inception. The 14th annual State of Agile
survey provides insights into the application of Agile
across different areas of the enterprise and about Value
Stream Management. As you go through the results,
you might find some familiar trends and discover some
noteworthy changes from the previous year’s survey.
Read on and dive deep inside the numbers to uncover
some interesting correlations.
WHAT’S TRENDING
18%
15% 12%
Having practiced Agile for 5 or more years correlates with a greater reported
percentage of DevOps initiatives underway, as well as more interest in Value Stream
Management. These organizations are also more likely to use tooling.
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COMPANY SIZE
Companies with more than 20,000 people are much more likely to have
been practicing Agile for at least 5 years. They are also more likely
to use tooling.
Reported company size of less than 1,000 people correlates with a higher
percentage reporting that all of their teams are Agile. Companies of this
size are also more likely to apply Agile to areas outside of development, IT,
and operations.
The survey results indicate that agility is still largely confined to development, IT, and
operations. However, the notion that business agility requires effective alignment and
coordination across all areas of an organization continues to gain momentum. So what
does the future hold? Next year, we expect to see organizations report greater expansion
of agility into areas beyond those typically associated with building, deploying, and
maintaining software. When Agile is scaled across an organization, everyone experiences
the benefits.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESPONDENT AGILE SUCCESS AND
DEMOGRAPHICS METRICS
PAGE • Size of Organization
PAGE • How Success is Measured with
• Size of Software Organization Agile Transformations
6&7 13
• Location of Organization • How Success is Measured
• Role with Individual Agile Projects
• Industry
AGILE PROJECT
BENEFITS OF AGILE MANAGEMENT TOOLS
• Benefits of Adopting Agile
• General Tool Uses
PAGE PAGE and Preferences
10 15
5 &-17
6 • Use of Agile Project
Management Tools
• Recommended Agile Project
Management Tools
RESPONDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
The 14th annual survey collected responses from a diverse set of organization sizes,
geographic locations, roles, and industries. Global survey representation increased as 59%
of respondents were from outside of North America this year compared to 53% last year.
Compared to last year, the percentage of software organizations reported as having more
than 1,000 people increased, while those with 1,000 people or fewer decreased.
< 1,000
people 41% <100
people 33%
1,001 - 5,000
people 19% 101 - 1,000
people 36%
1,001 - 5,000
5,001 - 20,000
people 15% people 16%
20,001+
people 25% 5,001+
people 15%
LOCATION OF ORGANIZATION
Respondents were from:
EUROPE
NORTH
AMERICA 31%
41% ASIA
13%
AFRICA
SOUTH
AMERICA 2% AUSTRALIA
11%
NEW ZEALAND
2%
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RESPONDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
ROLE
Respondents came Other DevOps
Business Analyst
from roles of:
C-Level
5% 4 32
Executive
% %%
Product Manager / ScrumMaster or
Product Owner Internal Coach
6%
External 39%
Consultant /
Trainer 7%
7%
Development Team
Member: Architect /
Developer / QA / Tester /
13% 14%
UI or UX Designer
Project / Program
Development Leadership:
Manager
VP / Director / Manager
INDUSTRIES
Industries respondents worked in:
TECHNOLOGY 27%
FINANCIAL SERVICES 17%
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 7%
GOVERNMENT 7%
INSURANCE 6%
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING 5%
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 5%
HEALTHCARE & PHARMACEUTICALS 4%
EDUCATION 4%
RETAIL 4%
MEDIA/ENTERTAINMENT 3%
TRANSPORTATION 3%
ENERGY 2%
NON-PROFIT 2%
OTHER 4%
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95%
HOW MANY?
95% of respondents report their organizations
practice Agile development methods.
HOW LONG?
The length of time respondents’ organizations have been practicing Agile development methods:
< 1 year
10% 10% 9% 15%
1-2 years
23% 23% 26% 25%
3-5 years
34% 34% 34% 32%
5+ years
27% 27% 29% 28%
2019 2018 2017 2016
5%
None of our
teams are Agile 44% 33% 18%
More than 1/2 of All of our teams
Less than 1/2 of our our teams are are Agile
teams are Agile Agile
37%
Software
Development
26%
IT 12%
Operations 7% 6% 5%
Marketing Sales /
HR
Sales Op
81% 71%
Agile teams where the practices Agile with
members of the same multiple co-located teams
team do not all work in collaborating across
the same location (i.e. not geographic boundaries.
co-located).
54%
%
AGILE MATURITY
Use Agile
The vast majority of practices but
respondents (84%) said still maturing
their organizations were
below a high level of
competency with Agile 11%
High level of
20%
practices, signaling Experimenting
5%
competency
ongoing opportunities with Agile
with Agile in
for improvement through pockets
practices
supporting training and
coaching.
Agile practices
are enabling
greater
across the
organization
6%
Considering an 4%
adaptability Agile initiative No Agile
initiatives
84%
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BENEFITS OF AGILE
BENEFITS OF ADOPTING AGILE
We continue to see many benefits realized by companies adopting Agile. The theme of the top 5 reported benefits is
speed and adaptability. This corresponds with the top reported reasons for adopting Agile.
1%
Extreme
Programming (XP)
1%
Lean Startup 58%
Scrum
3%
Don’t Know
%
4%
Iterative Development
8%
7% Scrum/XP
hybrid 9% 10%
Kanban Other/Hybrid/ ScrumBan
Methodologies Multiple
Methdologies
77% 64%
SPRINT / ITERATION SHORT ITERATIONS
REVIEW
50% 42%
58%
Customer/user 54%
satisfaction Business
48%
value
On-time 45% 44%
delivery Quality
40%
Business
37% 35% 33% 29%
objectives Productivity
achieved Organizational Process
culture / morale Predictability Project
improvement
visibility
15%
Product scope
SCALING AGILE
SCALING METHODS AND APPROACHES
The Scaled Agile Framework® continues to be the most popular scaling method cited by respondents (35% this year
compared to 30% last year). As a percentage of all responses, SAFe® outdistances the next nearest response, Scrum of
Scrums, by 19%.
4% 4% Enterprise Scrum
3%
3% Nexus
16% 28%
JIRA
TeamForge
Bugzilla Axosoft
CA Agile Central LeanKit Rational Team Concert Hansoft
MS Project
Google Docs
MS TFS Excel HP QC/ALM
Target Process
IMPORTANCE OF DEVOPS
TRANSFORMATION
90% of respondents said DevOps
transformation was important in their
organization.
70%
Accelerated
delivery
speed
62%
Improved
quality
48% 43%
Reduce risk
39% 39%
34%
Increase
customer Delivery Decreased
27%
satisfaction aligned with IT costs Increased
business visibility
objectives of flow Ensure
of value compliance/
to users governance
23%
Interested,
19% but no
near-term
Currently plans to
implementing
15% implement
15%
14% Planning to Unsure
Expanding implement
implementation in the next
7%
12 months
Implemented,
7%
No interest
not expanding
78%
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