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Assessing Agility

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Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering (XP 2004)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 3092))

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A technique is described that uses goals to assess the agility of software development teams and shows how it can be used with some examples. The agile assessment can be used to make investment decisions and process alterations. Value stream mapping is seen as an important technique in analysing processes.

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  1. Systematic Methods Research Ltd Greylands House, Mallory Rd, Hove, BN3 6TD, UK

    Peter Lappo

  2. Box River Ltd Greylands House, Mallory Rd, Hove, BN3 6TD, UK

    Henry C. T. Andrew

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    Jutta Eckstein

  2. Informatik og Matematisk Modellering, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Lyngby,  

    Hubert Baumeister

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Lappo, P., Andrew, H.C.T. (2004). Assessing Agility. In: Eckstein, J., Baumeister, H. (eds) Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering. XP 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3092. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24853-8_55

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