Agile Transformation Study at Nokia - One Year After

Many organizations have started to deploy agile methods but only few extensive surveys exist on the impacts of these methods. In this study, we wanted to see if there is any change in the practitioners’ opinions after one year of appliance, and if any real trends can be found from the data. The data were collected using two questionnaires. The population of the first study contains more than 100 respondents from three different continents (Europe, North America, and Asia) and seven different countries and the second study 500 respondents from the same organization. The results reveal that most respondents are satisfied agile way of working and would like to stay in agile mode. They also think using agile methods is important for the future. In two consecutive studies we can see that the opinions of the people who have actual experience on agile methods have stayed the same and that the general opinion towards agility has remained extremely positive. We also show that the opinions are reflecting the actual experience on agile methods.