Comments on: The Only Agile Maturity Model You Need

By: Learnings from Lean 2011 #lssc11 | Jason Little

Learnings from Lean 2011 #lssc11 | Jason Little — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:12:31 +0000

[...] monitor the progress and use that data to drive better decisions. I posted about an “Agile Maturity Model” last year stating the same thing. Using data to drive decisions takes emotion (or most of [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:55:19 +0000

The danger I see in that type of a model can be the questions about what does a “1″ mean compared to a “2″? How are the rankings given out? How does an org move from a 1 to a 2 etc. I would foresee it being difficult to put data behind those numbers to support them.

Models like the Shore graph or Nokia Scrum test can be useful as they use change in behaviour to explain their rankings.

I agree that regardless of any model they need to be taken with a grain of salt and used for the ‘thumb in the air’ analysis. As always, a mis-used metric is a mis-used metric

By: Jeff Anderson

Jeff Anderson — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:47:01 +0000

Jason,

I’m not a big fan of maturity models, but I do use a modified version to try to measure how well a practice has spread across an org.

A 1 might mean only a couple of teams are experimenting, while a 5 might mean this is really entrenched in the culture.

I don’t take the levels to seriously, it’s just a way to vizualize where the org might be.