Faster Time to Market
Agile teams tend to release their products more quickly than do traditional teams. According to the VersionOne study, 64% of participants report that time to market has been improved (41%) or significantly improved (23%). The QSMA study comparing 26 agile projects to a database of 7,500 mostly traditional projects found that agile projects have a 37% faster time to market, as shown in Figure 1.2.
Figure 1.2 Agile projects have a 37% faster time to market compared to the industry average. Source: Mah 2008.
Agile teams have faster times to market for two reasons. First, the higher productivity of an agile team allows them ...
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