Evolving to Agile: A Story of Agile Adoption at a Small SaaS Company

Adopting agile practices is often a long process and one for which there is no existing formula for success. Some common patterns are beginning to emerge, but many of them focus on adoption within larger organizations. While we went through the process of adopting agile practices at IASTA, we experienced several challenges that seemed to be somewhat unique, or at least more common, in a small, organic growth organization. Finding advice and guidance on these challenges that could be implemented in our environment from the popular resources was challenging. This paper tells the story of our agile adoption process in hopes that other organizations in similar situations can learn from our experience.