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While everybody has an opinion on this topic, the Standish Group report is still an interesting reading.

Success Drivers	Failure Causes
1. User Involvement 2. Executive Management Support 3. Clear Statement of Requirements 4. Proper Planning 5. Realistic Expectations 6. Smaller Project Milestones 7. Competent Staff 8. Ownership 9. Clear Vision & Objectives 10. Hard-Working, Focused Staff	1. Lack of User Input 2. Incomplete Requirements & Specifications 3. Changing Requirements & Specifications 4. Lack of Executive Support 5. Technology Incompetence 6. Lack of Resources 7. Unrealistic Expectations 8. Unclear Objectives 9. Unrealistic Time Frames 10. New Technology

While each Agile implementation is quite unique, there are quite a lot of things they all have in common. Here is an example – debatable we know! – of what implementing Agile could mean for an organisation.

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With Agile and Scrum, the process or framework is the easy part, while the ‘soft part’ – the people and culture, is much more complicated. This is because they rely much more on people and values, unlike more methodology-driven processes that are learnt until you can do them. But how good is methodology when it comes to innovation? 

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