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Copyright 2013 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

Agile OutsourcingSurvey Results

Scott W. Ambler

www.scottambler.com

@scottwambler

http://www.scottambler.com/


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About the Survey

• Ran during March and April 2013 under the title “March 2013 Agile State of the Art Survey”

• Survey link included in:– www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ page– Posting to Agile and Lean and the DAD discussion groups on

LinkedIn– Twitter posting via @scottwambler

• Data, summary, and slides downloadable from www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

• 158 respondents– 23% worked in orgs of 500+ IT people




Has your organization applied agile techniques where some or all of the development work is outsourced?

Yes; 48%No; 48%

Don't know; 4%


Our approach to “agile outsourcing” includes…(Multiple selections allowed)

Contractor teams working in our office

Service providers in another country (not India)

Service providers in our country

Individual contractors working in our office

Service providers in India

36%

36%

47%

58%

64%


In general, how well do the outsourcer(s) hit their targets?

Produce High Quality

Reduce Time to Delivery

Improve ROI

Improve Stakeholder Satisfaction

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Greatly Agree Agree NeutralDisagree Greatly Disagree


Why is your organization outsourcing?(Multiple selections allowed)

No IT department

Business frustrated with quality

Business frustrated with value delivered

Experimenting with outsourcing

Internal IT focuses on new technologies

Business frustrated with schedules

Lack of IT experience technologies

Business frustrated with IT cost

Short of IT staff

3%

6%

9%

9%

16%

19%

19%

34%

69%


What is the current status in your organization regarding agile and outsourcing? (Single selection)

Didn't work well, giving up

Don't know

Didn’t work well but still trying

Starting to reshore and bring work back

Works well, going to continue

Too early to tell

Works well enough, going to continue

0%

3%

8%

11%

14%

22%

42%


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About SA+A

Scott Ambler + Associates (SAA) is a boutique consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations adopt disciplined agile strategies, particularly at scale. We offer training, coaching, and transformation services.

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