This page is a collections of links to files and pages that describe how Agile practices may be adopted in organizations and environments where Agile is not the primary practice and may not have support at all levels of the management hierarchy.
Bridging the gap, Agile Projects in the Waterfall Enterprise, an article by Michele Sliger http://sligerconsulting.com/Bridging%20the%20Gap.pdf Describes many tips and practicals for the “murky transition period when agile and waterfall are forced to coexist” during initial agile adoption. posted 4/28/09 MMotamed
Selling Agile: How to Get Buy-in from Your Team, Your Customers and Your Managers, a webinar by Michele Sliger (free registration) http://www.versionone.com/agile_webinars_101.asp#sellingAgile “…focus first on the general idea of a sales pitch, including what to do and what not to do. Then we’ll look at selling agile to the team, to management, to the customer, and to others in your organization. We’ll wrap up with a pointed look at not selling, and instead focus on finding other ways to promote and share agile.” posted 4/28/09 MMotamed
APLN06 - David Hussman and Tor Stenstad - GMAC/RFC Agile Transition , a podcast of a presentation by David Hussman and Tor Stenstad http://agiletoolkit.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=118607 An experience report about Customizing Agile for a large implementation. Discusses; inclusive chartering for the transition, mapping the project community of builders (venn diagram of everyone who works on the project), stop before you start – make a backlog, personas, engage the real product owners, smagile, converted some engineering managers into coaches, start with a consultant and gradually fade their involvement. 5/04/09 MMotamed