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6 month 30 Japan , stay PingCode、 Lao Bu talks about agility 、51CTO Co hosted the first white paper Conference on agile practice in Chinese enterprises , Released 《2021 White paper on agile practice in Chinese enterprises 》.

The data-based panorama of the white paper presents the current situation of agile in Chinese enterprises , And dig out from the research 11 Excellent agile practice cases of the year , Insight into the views of Chinese enterprises on agile , The benefits of agile R & D , Difficulties encountered in agile transformation and how to choose between the eight dimensions of agile practice , It aims to help more Chinese enterprises make rational use of agile practices and gain market competitive advantage .

About research

Respondents' corporate headquarters are distributed all over the country ,73% Located in the first tier cities

501 Respondents' corporate headquarters are mainly located in China's first tier cities or new first tier cities , among , The four cities in Shenzhen, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai account for 73%. Enterprises in developed cities are more likely to accept advanced agile methods , The application practice of agile method also further promotes the development of enterprises , Greatly enhance the competitiveness of enterprises .

 

The interviewees are mainly professional technicians or IT Business leaders

The proportion of respondents' positions TOP 5 It's the product manager /PO、 project manager 、 The engineer 、 middle managers 、Scrum Master , It can be seen that the agile landing of enterprises requires personnel specialization . among , project manager （19%） and Scrum Master（16.2%） There are very ⾼ The proportion of , It shows that most enterprises are still in the agile transformation period .

 

The respondents covered many industries and enterprises of different sizes

Respondents in the industry ,57% by IT/ interconnection ⽹,13% For Finance / insurance ,8% Traditional manufacturing ,5% Smart hardware , Other industries occupy 13%; The scale distribution of enterprises is relatively uniform , from 10 Startups with less than people arrive 5000 Large companies with more than people vary . thus it can be seen , The concept and practice of agile thinking mode have been widely used in China , No longer limited to organizations that focus on information technology or a specific size .

 

Current situation and analysis of agile in Chinese enterprises

55% Agile teams account for more than half of Chinese enterprises

In enterprises that have adopted agile methods ,55% Of the respondents said that more than half of the teams in their enterprises are using agile methods . thus it can be seen , These enterprises not only adopt agile methods , And it has passed the pilot stage , At present, it is being comprehensively promoted within the enterprise .

 

The time for Chinese enterprises to adopt agile is 0-5 Proportion of years ⾼ reach 90.2%

In enterprises that have adopted agile methods , Adopt agile time in 0-5 Proportion of years ⾼ reach 90.2%, “6 In the above ” There are only 9.8%. thus it can be seen ,2016 It has become a year for China's agile to enter the fast lane of development .

 

The implementation of 3 Chinese enterprises with agile practice of years or above , Agile teams account for more than half

As the number of years of agile practice in enterprises increases , Enterprises will continue to allow a larger proportion of teams to adopt agile methods . The survey shows that ,3 Year is an important threshold , When an enterprise insists 3 Years and above of agile management , Then more than half of the team will adopt agile .

 

Scrum The four conferences are very popular, but we still need to emphasize the importance of the iteration Exhibition

The survey shows that , Iteration four conferences have been very popular ,“ Daily standing morning meeting ” Proportion 62%, Become the most popular agile management practice . Although the iteration of the four conferences has been very popular , but “ Iteration presentation ” As a way to find problems in time 、 Enhance the consensus of the team on the product 、 The practice of improving product innovation and quality , Its value has not been recognized and valued by many enterprises .

Besides ,“ Poker estimates ” As a method to improve the accuracy of man hour estimation in agile practice , The proportion is only 10%, It is also one of the important reasons why most enterprises have the problem of working hours .

 

Scrum and Lean（ Lean ） Become the mainstream methodology

62% Percent of respondents prefer to use “Scrum” Method ,“Lean( Lean )” Proportion 25%. thus it can be seen , Most Chinese enterprises prefer to adopt “Scrum” and “Lean（ Lean ）” As agile methodology .

It is worth mentioning that , The best agile practice case of the year selected in the subsequent chapters of the white paper , About Scrum And Lean（ Lean ） Comparative evaluation and combined application of , It will well reflect the bold and innovative side of agile practice in Chinese enterprises .

 

Agile implementation

Scrum of Scrums Become the most popular large-scale agile framework

“Scrum of Scrums” and “SAFe” Large scale agile framework has become the mainstream . There is still a 25% Of the respondents said that their enterprises “ No large-scale agile practices have been applied ”.

Besides , The results of comparing enterprise scale and large-scale agile box show , use “Scurm of Scrums” The scale of enterprises is relatively average , And use “SAFe” In our company , The scale is “5000+ people ” The most prominent .

 

36% The iteration cycle of Chinese enterprises is 2 Zhou

36% Of the respondents chose “2 Zhou ” As an iteration cycle ,“2” It seems to become an iterative cycle Magic Number. The iteration period is 1 Zhou ,3 Weeks and 4 The proportion of weeks is basically the same . There is still a 12% The iteration cycle of respondents' enterprises exceeds “4 Zhou ”, It shows that agile is still in its early stage , I haven't realized the necessity and value of short cycle iteration yet .

 

79% The preferred engineering practice for Chinese enterprises is continuous integration

The agile engineering practice of the respondent's enterprise TOP 3 by “ Continuous integration ”、“ Code specification scan ”、 “ unit testing ” .DevOps After years of publicity and dissemination, it has gradually become popular , Proportion to 68%.

And use “ABtest” and “ Pair programming ” The proportion of enterprises is the lowest , It shows that these two agile engineering practices still have a long way to go in China ⾛.

 

Benefits and challenges

Although agile has been born ⼆⼗ Anniversary of the , But what benefits will agile transformation bring , And what challenges need to be faced in the transformation process is still an ongoing topic . Research results show that ：

66% Chinese enterprises use agile to accelerate software delivery

Digitization 3.0 Under the times , Enterprises have the ability to respond quickly and change flexibly , To cope with the sharp changes in the future market environment . The survey shows that , Chinese enterprise agility is still concentrated on the executive level , exceed 59% Of the respondents believed that improving work efficiency and responding to changes in demand were the core reasons for adopting agile , have only 28% Of the respondents thought strategically about how to help enterprises achieve market success through agile transformation .

 

Enterprise managers and external agile consultants can better grasp the essence of agile

The essence of agility is to respond to market changes and customer feedback in a timely manner , Compared with , Whatever the role , Among the main reasons for choosing agile, the top three are accelerating software delivery 、 Enhance the management ability of demand change and improve team productivity ;

in addition to , More than half CXO（53%） And middle managers （51%） I also hope that through agility “ Speed up response to customer feedback ”;

External agile consultants will also focus on how to adopt agile “ Respond to market changes in a timely manner ”, contrary , Engineers will prefer to optimize the R & D management process through agility , The attention in the market is relatively low .

 

User satisfaction and the business value of delivery are the most important factors for the success of Agile Projects

The survey shows that ,78% Respondents believed that agile projects should be judged from the business level ,54% Of respondents think “ R & D Efficiency ” The improvement of also means the success of agile ,49% Of the respondents believed that it was critical to deliver on time and fulfill their commitments ,30% About half of the respondents think that the workload of each iteration 、 Defect status and cost will affect the success of the project .

 

Lack of agile practice experience is the main obstacle to the agile transformation of Chinese enterprises

35% Of the respondents believed that the biggest challenge for their enterprises to adopt large-scale agile was “ No agile practice experience ”, This is also the significance of this white paper .

30% Of the respondents believed that the pressure came from the organization itself , Agile transformation is a change , We need to solve the conflict between traditional organizational culture and agile concept , In the future, organizations that cannot adapt to rapid changes will decline in the environment .

25%“ Lack of training or consultation ” The enterprise , It can be solved through timely and reasonable internal and external consulting services .

Think “ Lack of appropriate tools ” Accounted for as 22%, A good workman does his work well , You must sharpen your tools first , Self research or purchase is a good way to solve the problem of tools .

 

Different roles have different perceptions of the challenges faced by large-scale agile

By sorting the attention of different roles in each challenge, we find ,“ The conflict between organizational culture and agile ” as well as “ Lack of agile practice experience ” It has become a recognized challenge for all roles ;

What people inside the enterprise are most worried about is “ Lack of suitable PO and SM”, External agile coaches are most worried about the lack of support from middle managers ; Relatively speaking , middle managers 、 The project manager and engineer think “ Lack of appropriate tools ” It is also the main challenge of large-scale agile .

 

In the process of implementing agile in enterprises , According to the characteristics of the industry 、 Corporate culture and team experience have gradually evolved into personalized practices with Chinese characteristics .

The white paper has been approved by agile experts and 82 One on one in-depth interview with agile practitioners , Selected this “TOP11 Best agile practice for Chinese enterprises of the year ”, Such as ：

• How does a large Internet company solve 2B Difficulties in effectively collecting and tracking customer feedback in business ;
• Some country SaaS How to measure R & D efficiency indicators , The practice of reducing management costs ;
• How does a financial company balance the quality and speed of product release ;
• How does a front-line joint venture manufacturing enterprise solve the technological gap in the software and hardware sector 、 Global collaboration
• ......

in addition to , The white paper revolves around eight modules of agile practice ： Customer value 、 Organizational structure 、⾃ Drive team 、⾼ effect ⼯ have 、 demand management 、 Quality management 、 Release management 、 Feedback management , From one star to five stars Agile maturity evaluation model , Help readers compare with the industry , Check the missing parts , Perfect day by day .

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