Adopting Agility in Large and Complex Organizations: The Agility Adoption and Improvement Model (AAIM V2.0)
The adoption of agile software development practice and tools is challenging. It would be appropriate to gradually introduce and improve agile practices and tools into large and complex software intensive organizations . The Agility Adoption and Improvement Model first first developed and published in 2007 and then was updated in 2010 as "AAIM Version 2.0". AAIM V2.0 has been developed based on the intensive research in agile adoption @ a large scale. The AAIM can be used as a roadmap or guide for agile transformation. Organizations or teams can adopt and improve agile people, practices and tools environment in order to achieve specific agile level(s) (e.g. focus one level at a time). This article describes the six stages or levels of the AAIM V2.0. The Agility Adoption and Improvement Model Version 2.0 (Copyright Asif Q. Gill) The AAIM is structured into white, green and black blocks and 6 levels (from 0 to le