Global IT consultancy and Agile* pioneer, ThoughtWorks, Inc, today announced the results of their recently conducted “Agile Adoption in India Survey - 2011”. The survey was carried out earlier this year in partnership with CIOL to understand the Agile adoption trends in business and IT in India. The survey captured responses from 770 IT practitioners and executives from 330 organisations across the country. As a global consultancy noted for its experience and expertise with Agile software development, ThoughtWorks was keen to understand the patterns, successes and issues that companies in India experience as they make the transition to this more collaborative and adaptive method of developing software.
The survey results provided some key insights into Agile adoption trends in India. Most organisations following the Agile methodology experienced significantly faster time-to-market of 68%, with 68% more adaptability to changing requirements from clients and improved IT productivity and quality, which led to a better ROI of 60%, and an increased project visibility of 60%. Key areas of concern when adopting Agile included internal IT opposition (53%) followed by insufficient expertise, in both coaching and leadership (41%) and difficulty in finding engineering talent (36%).
Of the respondents, 39% had moderate experience working on Agile practices, while 14% affirmed being experts; 84% who were early champions of Agile belonged to the management and executive level, while 44% worked in organisations using Agile practices in some projects. It was interesting to note that the maximum number of respondents came from Indian and foreign MNCs.
“The market for Agile is growing rapidly in India. Through our survey, we wanted to gain a deeper insight into the current Agile usage, benefits, trends, and challenges faced by CEOs and CIOs in Indian organisations. The results showed that progress towards Agile is being made, but that adoption must be carefully managed to introduce and embed all relevant practices, otherwise anticipated benefits might not be realised,” said Sudhir Tiwari, Managing Director, ThoughtWorks India.
Talking about her experience working with ThoughtWorks, Rama Jayanti, VP Engineering (ETI) Emptoris, Inc., stated “Faster time-to-market, improvement in quality and increased ability to respond to change were the key drivers for us to embrace Agile. ThoughtWorks’ extensive experience in Agile methods and their ability to apply this experience to our Product Development context helped us define our first Agile implementation and successfully execute the same. Partnering with the ThoughtWorks India Consulting team has resulted in a faster cycle time for delivery, and it has also improved collaboration across the business and product development teams.”
* About Agile
Agile is a set of software methods that let organisations create software faster, with higher quality, than ever before. It is designed for quick adaptation to market forces, delivering software as fast as possible; in advanced enterprises, software releases are nearly continuous. From the outset, the business becomes thoroughly involved in software projects and the IT staff are trained to focus obsessively on business value. This collaboration immediately reduces waste, and reduces both cost and time-to-value.
Key Statistics
770 IT practitioners and executives from 330 organisations across India participated in the survey. They were asked about their reasons for moving to Agile, the specific Agile practices that are being used, what benefits are being realised, and factors that hindered adoption. Respondents came from a cross-section of Domestic Industry, Indian multinationals, Foreign multinational operations in India, and Government and Public Sector organisations. Of the 330 companies that participated, IT services companies topped the list, comprising 55% of the mix, followed by IT products companies (49%), manufacturing (21%), ITES, financial services, telecom, and others.
To read the full report, visit www.thoughtworks.com/agile-adoption-india-survey-report-2011
About ThoughtWorks
ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing Agile-based systems development, consulting and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. It has pioneered many of the most advanced and successful Agile methods and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps CIOs maximise investment performance across a portfolio of complex, business-critical applications, while reducing time and risk. Its products division, ThoughtWorks Studios, offers tools to manage the entire Agile development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM™ solution, comprised of Mingle®, Go™ and Twist®. ThoughtWorks professionals serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. In India, ThoughtWorks has offices across Bangalore, Pune, Chennai and Gurgaon.
For more information, please visit: http://www.thoughtworks.com/
The survey results provided some key insights into Agile adoption trends in India. Most organisations following the Agile methodology experienced significantly faster time-to-market of 68%, with 68% more adaptability to changing requirements from clients and improved IT productivity and quality, which led to a better ROI of 60%, and an increased project visibility of 60%. Key areas of concern when adopting Agile included internal IT opposition (53%) followed by insufficient expertise, in both coaching and leadership (41%) and difficulty in finding engineering talent (36%).
Of the respondents, 39% had moderate experience working on Agile practices, while 14% affirmed being experts; 84% who were early champions of Agile belonged to the management and executive level, while 44% worked in organisations using Agile practices in some projects. It was interesting to note that the maximum number of respondents came from Indian and foreign MNCs.
“The market for Agile is growing rapidly in India. Through our survey, we wanted to gain a deeper insight into the current Agile usage, benefits, trends, and challenges faced by CEOs and CIOs in Indian organisations. The results showed that progress towards Agile is being made, but that adoption must be carefully managed to introduce and embed all relevant practices, otherwise anticipated benefits might not be realised,” said Sudhir Tiwari, Managing Director, ThoughtWorks India.
Talking about her experience working with ThoughtWorks, Rama Jayanti, VP Engineering (ETI) Emptoris, Inc., stated “Faster time-to-market, improvement in quality and increased ability to respond to change were the key drivers for us to embrace Agile. ThoughtWorks’ extensive experience in Agile methods and their ability to apply this experience to our Product Development context helped us define our first Agile implementation and successfully execute the same. Partnering with the ThoughtWorks India Consulting team has resulted in a faster cycle time for delivery, and it has also improved collaboration across the business and product development teams.”
* About Agile
Agile is a set of software methods that let organisations create software faster, with higher quality, than ever before. It is designed for quick adaptation to market forces, delivering software as fast as possible; in advanced enterprises, software releases are nearly continuous. From the outset, the business becomes thoroughly involved in software projects and the IT staff are trained to focus obsessively on business value. This collaboration immediately reduces waste, and reduces both cost and time-to-value.
Key Statistics
770 IT practitioners and executives from 330 organisations across India participated in the survey. They were asked about their reasons for moving to Agile, the specific Agile practices that are being used, what benefits are being realised, and factors that hindered adoption. Respondents came from a cross-section of Domestic Industry, Indian multinationals, Foreign multinational operations in India, and Government and Public Sector organisations. Of the 330 companies that participated, IT services companies topped the list, comprising 55% of the mix, followed by IT products companies (49%), manufacturing (21%), ITES, financial services, telecom, and others.
To read the full report, visit www.thoughtworks.com/agile-adoption-india-survey-report-2011
About ThoughtWorks
ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing Agile-based systems development, consulting and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. It has pioneered many of the most advanced and successful Agile methods and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps CIOs maximise investment performance across a portfolio of complex, business-critical applications, while reducing time and risk. Its products division, ThoughtWorks Studios, offers tools to manage the entire Agile development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM™ solution, comprised of Mingle®, Go™ and Twist®. ThoughtWorks professionals serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. In India, ThoughtWorks has offices across Bangalore, Pune, Chennai and Gurgaon.
For more information, please visit: http://www.thoughtworks.com/
