After attending a conference on a new methodology for software development known as Agile, Shel Skinner, CEO of Blue Cloud Development, a small software development company located in Mountain View, California, hired consultants to introduce the methodology.

By bringing together business people, developers, customers’ representatives, and other concerned parties in a disciplined, face‐to‐face encounter, Agile methodology was intended to simultaneously increase efficiency and improve quality.

After a year of applying Agile, Skinner asked his engineers to evaluate the effort. “Wonderful,” said some, “what’s new?” asked others, and “this is a definite step in the wrong direction,” complained a few. Skinner remained unsure about whether to continue with the Agile methodology or look for a new approach to software development.

use these questions as a guideline for the submission.

 Questions

  1. What was the trigger event that led Shel Skinner to adopt Agile?
  2. What is your evaluation of the change implementation steps followed by Skinner?
  3. What behavioral changes, if any, does Agile require of employees?
  4. How do you account for such widely varied responses to Agile among Blue Cloud employees?
  5. What should Skinner do now?

 

 


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