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Developing Modern Applications With Agile Outsourcing: Part One

Best Practices For Successful Partnerships

April 10th, 2014
Diego Lo Giudice, Vice President, Principal Analyst
Diego Lo Giudice Vice President, Principal Analyst
Wolfgang Benkel, null
Wolfgang Benkel
With contributors:
Christopher Andrews , Holger Kisker, Ph.D. , Nasry Angel , Fraser Tibbetts

Summary

Forrester survey data shows that only a small percent of firms are outsourcing Agile application development due to a lack of experience with the development sourcing approaches and governance models. Successfully outsourcing Agile development, either fully or partially, involves redefining roles and responsibilities, change management processes, metrics and SLAs, service descriptions, and other contractual elements; merely using traditional outsourcing language and practices risks jeopardizing the benefits of Agile.

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