Dan Turk
Colorado State University
26 Rockwell Hall
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1277
USA

Aug 7, 2007




My name is Dan Turk, and I am a faculty member in the Department of
Computer Information Systems at Colorado State University. My
colleague, Leo Vijayasarathy, and I are conducting a study to better
understand the use of agile software development processes, methods,
and techniques, and the benefits and limitations associated with
their use. About 2 years ago we performed a similar survey.
However, while that survey was targeted solely at people who had
already been frequent users of agile processes, the current survey
looks to draw data from a larger segment of developers and has been
updated for that purpose.

Please consider participating in this study by completing a brief
survey posted at
http://www.business.colostate.edu/leov/research/agile/start.cfm .

A summary of the results will be posted to this group at the
conclusion of this study.

Your responses will be entirely anonymous and confidential. The
survey does not collect any identifying information and cannot be
tracked to the person completing it. General information about your
title and years of experience are requested only to build a profile
of the survey respondents.

Your participation in this study is voluntary. There are no known
risks associated with taking part in it. You may stop participating
at any time without penalty or loss of benefits to which you are
otherwise entitled. If you have questions regarding your rights as a
volunteer in this research, please contact Janell Meldrem, Senior
Human Research Administrator, (970) 491-1563,
Janell.Meldrem@....

Thank you in advance for completing the survey and your contribution
to this research. If you have any questions about the study or the
survey, please call me at 970-491-0467 or email me at
Dan.Turk@....

Sincerely,

Dan Turk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems