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Agile methods, and Scrum in particular, are enjoying a surge in popularity. Forrester Research’s “The Truth About Agile Processes” states that 17% of North American and European companies are now using Agile. Yet Forrester tells us that “many of these shops (companies adopting Agile) aren’t completely clear about what Agile adoption really entails” (2). Introducing Agile, a better process, causes an immediate improvement in productivity of 30 to 100%. This improvement is seen as a major win for the projects. Unfortunately, this is often where the adoption stops.

__The Agile movement has largely ignored the experiences of CTOs and senior leaders in an Agile enterprise. In this session, we move toward a pattern language of CTO-level Agile practices and underlying principles, with supporting or constraining forces. Presenters will explain survey data and a CTO panel will contribute their stories.

Audience

Since people in all roles are involved in organizational change, both as change agents and as resisters, the target audience for the session includes anyone who is interested in learning more about the forms of resistance they may see in their own organization, and how to overcome it. Because of the nature of the information, there is no real separation among beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels; nor is there any arcane material geared specifically for either technical or management personnel.

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