Having experienced Agile at a large Healthcare IT company, the greatest revelation was that it was all of the above and yet none of the above. Here are my findings:
- The team has to find its comfort zone with Agile. (Translation: how much is the team willing to stay within and step outside of their comfort zone to adopt Agile)
- Agile has to be modified to fit the company/team culture and working practices. (Translation: Agile is not a one-size fits all approach)
- Adoping Agile for the sake of adoption will lead to uncomfortable results. (Translation: Identify value realization before adoption)
Was Agile successful? Agile did lead to a higher level of engagement from the team.
