Agile in Russia - 82.9% of companies report using at least some of Agile. First survey results

    There are studies and great infographics on how Agile is distributed around the world. This can be inspired, but the conclusions are very far from our reality. There are simply very few respondents from the post-Soviet space.

    We are developing a project management system , including for managing Agile projects. It is vital for us to understand how things are with the application of the methodology in companies and what are the most common problems in project management.

    We regularly draw conclusions from direct communication with customers. We collect all Wishlist on the system from users and build a picture of appeals. But the largest number of insights appeared now, after the launch of the survey. 300 respondents have already been recruited (goal 1500) and the first results can be viewed and discussed.

    Can you say that something from Agile is used in your company?




    Under the cut, the first graphs, conclusions, reasoning and the call to take the survey.

    82.9% report that the methodology is somehow used in the company. Interestingly, according to a survey of the above in the world, this figure is 94%. Not that much of a difference. It's great! The development of project and company management approaches makes a lot of sense. The success of any single country really depends on this. In the industrial age, they learned to make a conveyor, now they are learning to create effective project teams.

    45.7% chose a confident position: “we work according to a flexible methodology”.In practice, we most often come across companies from the blue sector - using a little of something from Agile. Either companies, when communicating with us, try to talk more accurately about their approaches, or we work more with those who are just starting.

    Which of the definitions of “Agile” best suits your understanding?




    The vast majority (71.3%) for the fact that Agile is a method of conducting project activities applicable in many areas, not only in development. Communicating directly with companies, we sometimes rest against the position: “We have only a website from development, Agile does not suit us.” At the same time, the company can create individual house projects where iterative approach, open communication with the customer, regular demonstrations, agile boards, team planning of priorities, etc. are

    somewhat surprising. 22.3% - “This is a way to organize a company in which people feel freer ". We met such an opinion (and therefore added to the survey), but rarely enough, and among those who dealt with this topic only in theory. When you get more answers, you can reliably find out that this segment answered the question “Is Agile used in your company?” or “Which of the methods have you ever used?”. Perhaps we are missing something and such a definition is really well suited for understanding and incorporating into the team.

    What project goals does Agile solve in your opinion?



    Respondents could choose several options.

    In the first place “Management of changing priorities” - 67.4% . Well, indeed - the very idea of ​​a methodology is based on being flexible and changing with changing priorities.

    Interestingly, 14.6% chose a reduction in project costs . When you first meet Agile, it doesn’t look cheap at all. You can only get such a result if you burn yourself a couple of times using the cascade method and understand that it’s cheaper to move in small iterations with an analysis of the intermediate results.

    61.8% voted in favor of Agile increasing project transparency. In practice, this is the first instant effect that is achieved if the team began to plan tasks on an agile board, as we consider it better in the control system, but it is also possible on a marker with colored stickers.

    What makes it difficult to introduce new approaches in your company?



    Respondents could choose several options

    When the survey was just beginning and there were about 50 respondents confidently leading the “Deafness of leadership”, and now the “Well-established culture and philosophy of the company” wins with 47.6%. And this option, of course, is much more honest. It’s not the leadership that becomes clumsy, but the whole company is getting used to something and changing is getting harder and harder.

    Some more interesting preliminary conclusions:


    • The excel table is the second most popular project management tool (28%)
    • The most popular problem in projects is delayed (74%)
    • Almost everyone thinks that you need to plan more and set goals more accurately (91%)
    • Only a small part of companies in the next two years will definitely not develop Agile at their place (9%)
    • About half of the companies do not understand what is happening in the project (46%)
    • Iterative Planning - The Most Popular Agile Method (62%)
    • A quarter of respondents believe that you just need to dismiss a significant part of useless employees and projects will be more successful. (25%)


    The survey continues


    For good accuracy, I want to collect 1,500 respondents. There are 12 questions in the survey, it takes about 3 minutes to complete.

    Take the survey and throw the link to your friends.

    We will make out the full results well and post them here in a couple of weeks.
    If you leave mail at the end of the survey (optional), then we will send the report in priority order.

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