Agile Assessment Methods: Current State of the Art

TL;DR

This paper reviews current methods and tools for assessing agility in organizations and teams, highlighting various approaches used to evaluate and improve agile practice adoption.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in agility assessment methods, categorizing different approaches and frameworks used in the field.

Findings

Multiple approaches for agility assessment exist, including models, checklists, surveys, and tools.

Current methods help identify problems in adopting agile practices at various organizational levels.

The paper categorizes and compares different agility assessment techniques.

Abstract

Agility Assessment (AA) comprises tools, assessment techniques, and frameworks that focus on indicating how a company or a team is applying agile techniques and eventually pointing out problems in adopting agile practices at a project-level, organization-level or individual-level. There are many approaches for AA such as agility assessment models, agility checklists, agility surveys, and agility assessment tools. This report presents the state of the art approaches that support agility assessment.