Trying to decide whether to stay with Waterfall or make the move to Agile on your next project?  There are some big differences between the two methodologies that you need to be aware prior to making the switch.  In this post I’ll highlight the differences and call out key areas to consider prior to moving to Agile.

There are four key themes that separate the two methodologies.  When considering a change, it is important that you and your organization are ready to move from the “old” waterfall thinking on the left in the chart below to the “new” Agile thinking on the right.

It was a great 3 days at the Gartner BI Summit and I thoroughly enjoyed attending a conference dedicated solely to Business Intelligence.  It was great to experience the general BI sessions while also getting to sit in on some of the healthcare vertical sessions and hear about the specific BI challenges that the healthcare industry is dealing with.  If you were not able to attend, below is my interpretation of the major trends that were discussed: