Using an Agile Approach in a Large, Traditional Organization

Can Agile approaches be used successfully in large organizations, where traditional methods and high levels of governance are the norm? Although the iterative, agile approaches have been seen to work well in small, flexible organizations, or on smaller projects, they frequently fall foul of the larger organization’s need for governance, investment appraisal and control. Formed in 1967, OCLC develops software for use by libraries and their users, museums, and academic institutions. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and fulltext information. OCLC aims to be the leading global library cooperative. More than 54,000 libraries in 96 countries and territories around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials. This paper examines how TCC, a training and consultancy company from Cheshire, England has worked with OCLC, the Online C...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: AGILEDC
• Authors: Dot Tudor, George A. Walter
• Keywords: Agile Approaches, AGILEDC 2006, OCLC, OCLC Services, Software Engineering