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Much of the software development world has adopted new methodologies, such as agile, that enable them to deliver changes and updates to critical systems more quickly and efficiently.

In this 2-part blog series, I explain what agile development is and how it helps deliver software faster and then explore how you can implement this approach in SAP.

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Recently I was teaching an overview class for new Scrum Masters. I was covering the five important events (meetings) in Scrum and had just introduced the Daily Standup Meeting (DSM), when a learner interrupted with the following question: “Given the cost to people’s work time and the cost to the corporation, do Scrum teams generally feel there is value in the Daily Standup Meeting?” He followed with, “How do you feel about the Daily Standup Meeting?”

A study was conducted at the University of Oslo Norway (V. Stray et al, 1997) to answer the first question. The method of study was a survey of professional software developers. Those conducting the survey received 221 responses from professionals who identified either as a general computer programmer or a web developer. Participation was voluntary, no compensation was given, and controls were placed to prevent the same respondent from answering more than once.

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What’s the Buzz Around "Agile?"

If you’ve set foot in the world of software you’ve probably heard the word "Agile" more times than you can count. You may have heard this word associated with constant collaboration, continuous delivery, releasing faster, adapting constantly, or any other "features of being Agile." It is clear that teams who are involved in all phases of the software development lifecycle are starting to adopt this "Agile" methodology as its increase in popularity continues to grow at a fast rate.

Earlier this year, over 5,000 professionals in Software Development, QA, and Testing responded to the SmartBear 2017 State of Software Testing Survey, and one of the most intriguing areas of the survey results was on this idea of being "Agile." Through this survey, we asked teams to categorize their development styles as either Agile, DevOps, Waterfall, Dependent on the Project, or Other and some results we found were expected while others were surprising.

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