| Have you ever tried something new that worked | | | | came together to rally against the current |
| well but you didn't understand why it was | | | | "heavyweight" (aka waterfall) development |
| working? When we first started implementing | | | | methods at the time. From this genesis Agile |
| Agile we had tremendous success. For instance, | | | | emerged as a legitimate alternative development |
| we turned a twice failed custom CRM | | | | methodology. Today Agile adoption is spreading |
| implementation into a home run for a leading | | | | like wildfire and even organizations, such as the |
| insurance company and had many other similar | | | | Project Management Institute are starting to take |
| victories. It really is a great project management | | | | notice. |
| tool, but there are still many people who don't | | | | The term Agile refers to a family of |
| know the basics of Agile. | | | | methodologies including; Extreme Programming, |
| So here is a brief overview of Agile Project | | | | Lean, Scrum, etc. According to the latest industry |
| Management and what it accomplishes for you. | | | | data, Scrum enjoys the largest market share at |
| Agile Software development is a term coined with | | | | 49.1% (Version One "The State of Agile |
| the signing of the Agile Manifesto in 2001. At this | | | | Development" 3rd Annual Survey: 2008). |
| signing some of the world's most prominent minds | | | | |