Hello,

I have been searching for the success or failure rate of agile
transition attempts, but have come up relatively empty. I would
define success as:
a) The transition met the goals/improvements the customer or company
was looking for. The goals/improvements could be anything from bottom
line profit to productivity to fewer defects and shorter project
timelines of delivery.
b) If the improvements the agile coach (3rd party or internal)
promised to the company came to fruition.
c) If there were any pleasant corollary improvements that weren't
expected.

Failure would be simply defined as: The time and money spent on the
transition were either not worth the result. In the worst cases, the
development organization actually lost quality, speed or even
customers due to the transition attempt.

I haven't really found any stats besides the work reported by Paul
Goddard and Geoff Watts on the BC telecom transition. There are lots
of success stories from various agile consulting companies, but most
don't have any numbers and they obviously won't market their failures.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
Niraj.