Agile – Why the Fear?

Latest Whitepapers | Resource Centre | September 3, 2010

By Leanne Howard
Account Director, Planit Software Testing

ABSTRACT: Agile software development is a subject that can polarise IT professionals, with strong views on both sides. This paper looks at some of the Agile principles and how they fit into current work practices regardless of the methodology being followed. These are practices that can help the testing team meet the business need to deliver projects faster, while not compromising quality.

The technology & software development industries are very good at adopting the latest technology trends and development practices but these trends and practices often polarise opinion on how good or bad the new technology or software development practices are. Agile software development processes and methods is probably the most potent example of where the industries practitioners range from supportive and embracing of the concepts, through to those who simply see another example of an excuse for bad practice or make statements to their peers “that it will never work in our organisation”.

It is our observation that much of this polarisation appears to be driven by a lack of understanding of what it actually means to be “agile” or more importantly, what “agile” means within the context of the individual, i.e. what role they perform, and their organisations software development context, i.e. the type of software development they perform….

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