Amr Elssamadisy, author of Agile Adoption Patterns, has published an ‘Agile Adoption Cheat Sheet‘ in InformIT in which he outlines the steps to take in order to adopt agile.
One thing strikes me right away about this article: it makes no mention of the agile manifesto or the agile manifesto’s principles. Perhaps the author assumes that the reader already understands these basics, but I don’t really see how an organization can adopt agile without starting with the manifesto and principles. As I have mentioned before, you can follow all the steps in this guide but still not be agile unless the entire organization understands and buys into the values and principles of the manifesto.
Update: Amr Elssamadisy, the author of the article, replies in the comments.
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You are right on both points Stan:
Thanks for the reply, Amr.
Meeting your business goals is why we adopt these practices.
I agree completely, but often business goals aren’t met unless the whole organization buys into the values–for instance, understanding that not everything–schedule, functionality, quality, etc–can be determined up front.