Table 6 Contingency table showing Agile practices adoption percentage by company experience
Practices | \(<\)6 months | 6–11 months | 1–2 years | 3–5 years | \(>\)5 years | Total | \(\chi ^{2}\) | df | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Iteration planning | 36 | 65.5 | 47 | 75.8 | 103 | 69.6 | 104 | 89.7 | 29 | 72.5 | 319 | 75.6 | 83.15*** | 5 |
Retrospectives | 27 | 49.1 | 40 | 64.5 | 106 | 71.6 | 107 | 92.2 | 31 | 77.5 | 311 | 73.7 | 96.88*** | 5 |
Daily standup | 25 | 45.5 | 34 | 54.8 | 107 | 72.3 | 97 | 83.6 | 29 | 72.5 | 292 | 69.2 | 74.81*** | 5 |
Unit testing | 28 | 50.9 | 30 | 48.4 | 93 | 62.8 | 101 | 87.1 | 34 | 85.0 | 286 | 67.8 | 47.70*** | 5 |
Burndown | 25 | 45.5 | 35 | 56.5 | 98 | 66.2 | 79 | 68.1 | 18 | 45.0 | 255 | 60.4 | 54.88*** | 5 |
Refactoring | 24 | 43.6 | 28 | 45.2 | 87 | 58.8 | 84 | 72.4 | 32 | 80.0 | 255 | 60.4 | 29.46*** | 5 |
Continuous integration | 23 | 41.8 | 23 | 37.1 | 86 | 58.1 | 86 | 74.1 | 30 | 75.0 | 248 | 58.8 | 56.09*** | 5 |
Release planning | 18 | 32.7 | 27 | 43.5 | 84 | 56.8 | 79 | 68.1 | 25 | 62.5 | 233 | 55.2 | 41.48*** | 5 |
Coding standards | 22 | 40.0 | 32 | 51.6 | 68 | 45.9 | 77 | 66.4 | 30 | 75.0 | 229 | 54.3 | 24.24*** | 5 |
Kanban | 24 | 43.6 | 31 | 50.0 | 75 | 50.7 | 66 | 56.9 | 19 | 47.5 | 215 | 50.9 | 29.20*** | 5 |
Collective code ownership | 23 | 41.8 | 21 | 33.9 | 76 | 51.4 | 68 | 58.6 | 24 | 60.0 | 212 | 50.2 | 15.91** | 5 |
Automated builds | 16 | 29.1 | 12 | 19.4 | 64 | 43.2 | 86 | 74.1 | 27 | 67.5 | 205 | 48.6 | 80.57*** | 5 |
Pair programming | 10 | 18.2 | 23 | 37.1 | 67 | 45.3 | 68 | 58.6 | 25 | 62.5 | 193 | 45.7 | 42.31*** | 5 |
Velocity | 14 | 25.5 | 20 | 32.3 | 60 | 40.5 | 66 | 56.9 | 21 | 52.5 | 181 | 42.9 | 31.59*** | 5 |
Test driven development | 13 | 23.6 | 14 | 22.6 | 52 | 35.1 | 68 | 58.6 | 25 | 62.5 | 172 | 40.8 | 42.67*** | 5 |
On-site customer | 13 | 23.6 | 19 | 30.6 | 46 | 31.1 | 65 | 56.0 | 19 | 47.5 | 162 | 38.4 | 34.15*** | 5 |
Digital task board | 12 | 21.8 | 18 | 29.0 | 55 | 37.2 | 44 | 37.9 | 16 | 40.0 | 145 | 34.4 | 16.32** | 5 |
Continuous deployment | 12 | 21.8 | 18 | 29.0 | 41 | 27.7 | 54 | 46.6 | 17 | 42.5 | 142 | 33.6 | 25.89*** | 5 |
Open workspaces | 11 | 20.0 | 13 | 21.0 | 37 | 25.0 | 46 | 39.7 | 20 | 50.0 | 127 | 30.1 | 30.64*** | 5 |
ATDD | 4 | 7.3 | 3 | 4.8 | 26 | 17.6 | 41 | 35.3 | 15 | 37.5 | 89 | 21.1 | 48.08*** | 5 |
BDD | 4 | 7.3 | 7 | 11.3 | 21 | 14.2 | 22 | 19.0 | 10 | 25.0 | 64 | 15.2 | 14.69* | 5 |
Other | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.6 | 3 | 2.0 | 3 | 2.6 | 7 | 17.5 | 15 | 3.6 | 24.72*** | 5 |