Agile projects are twice as likely to succeed as projects run with traditional project management

The latest Standish Group Chaos Study results show Waterfall and Agile project success and failure rates. It should come as no surprise that Agile projects are statistically 2X more likely to succeed, and 1/3 less likely to fail than waterfall projects.

Initially, the statistics were really bad with IT project success rates measured at less than 20%. Thankfully things have improved, with the most recent report from the Standish Group showing technology project success rates at 36%.