You have probably heard of agility in your company and tried out one or the other agile method. There are also numerous articles on agility, which discuss a variety of topics from methods to mindset. Companies have been introducing agile methods for almost 10 years now. But what about agility and how agile are companies really? In the following, I will show two studies which, in combination, show the current state of agility very well. The central questions are: How widespread are agile methods in companies?Do agile methods really make companies more agile? Study 1: Status Quo Agile In the first study that I selected Prof. Komus with the GPM Over 700 project managers surveyed in 2017. The aim was to record agile methods in German companies. The most important results in a nutshell are: 70 percent of agile methods are used almost exclusively in software development and are increasing…
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