Analysis

Respondents were asked if their organizations had adopted any agile practices. Of 347 respondents, 32% indicated that their organization had adopted agile practices, 68% indicated that their organization had not adopted agile practices¹. This result is not unlike the result of an informal poll by Directions Magazine in December 2007 which found 28% of GIS professionals were using agile product/software management.² These figure stands in sharp contrast to the results of a similar survey conducted by Scott Ambler and Dr. Dobb’s Journal of the general application development population conducted in March 2007. This survey found that of 780 respondents, 69% indicated that their organizations had adopted agile practices and 31% had not ³. Version One conducted a survey in June and July of 2007 and asked a similar question. Of almost 1,700 respondents, 73% had adopted agile practices and 27% had not.⁴

Data Sources:

• ¹ DTS Agile Survey

  The survey was conducted over a 30-day period in February 2008 and was promoted on several GIS development blogs and by URISA. In total, 347 GIS professionals from 36 countries responded to the survey.

• ² Schutzberg, Adena

  All Points Blog Agile Product/Software Management Poll, Directions Magazine

  Retrieved December 19, 2008

• ³ Ambler, Scott

  Agile Adoption Rate Survey 2007, AmbySoft

  Retrieved January 21, 2008

• ⁴Version One

  2nd Annual Survey: The State of Agile Development, 2007, Version One

  Retrieved March 7, 2008