Agile Process Maturity Model

Matt: The discussion about the Agile Process Maturity Model is exhaustive and controversial. Let’s start fresh. Could you give us your elevator pitch?

Scott: The short story is that that the APMM is a contextual framework for effective adoption and tailoring of agile processes and practices to meet the unique challenges faced by a system delivery team. There are three maturity levels (four, if you count level zero, which I don’t) that build upon each other:

1. Level 1 Agile processes, such as Scrum and Agile Modeling, address a portion of the development life cycle. Level 1 processes and practices are optimized for small, co-located teams and are the building blocks for more mature solutions.