 2006 Agile Project Management Tooling Survey
Trail Ridge Consulting conducted an independent global survey of the agile software development community to determine the project management tooling that companies are using to support their agile processes. This report presents the results of that survey.
In February 2001, a number of representatives from alternative software development communities met in Utah to identify common ground in its fight against more prescriptive and commercial approaches. They created the Manifesto for Agile Software Development – an identity statement that is reverberating today through thousands of software development corporations, around the world.
Of the four principle statements in the Agile Manifesto, the first “…Individuals and interactions over process and tools” stands out as the first and one of the most characteristic of the agile movement. It represents a dramatic shift away from decades of industry trending towards richer and more prescriptive processes and tools.
Today, five years hence, we are seeing a rise in the number of large enterprises adopting agile methods; we are seeing a rise in the creation of new (and perhaps more prescriptive) agile process definitions; and finally we are seeing a rise in the number of function rich agile project management tools in the open source, mid-market, and enterprise market to support agile organizations.
Is the agile movement straying from its roots and seeking more prescriptive and tooling choices? Based on over 500 survey responses from 39 countries, this report seeks to answer this and other questions...
- What agile processes are in use today worldwide?
- Which commercial and open source tools are used by agile organizations and why?
- Is there a correlation between organization size and the types of agile tools they use?
- What are the top reasons driving APM tool selection today?
Survey Download Files
There are three files associated with this survey including the results analysis report, the raw responses in CSV format, and the original survey form.
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