Write 5 pages thesis on the topic independent evaluation of agile methods. Erickson, Lyytinen & Siau (2005) associates agility with concepts like nimbleness, suppleness, dexterity, quickness, liveliness, or alertness and&nbsp.postulates agility to mean to strip away as much of the heaviness as possible that had been previously associated with the traditional software development methodologies in a bid to promote quick response to changing environment as well as the changes in the user requirements, accelerated project deadlines and the like. XP 2008, & Abrahamsson, (2008) on the other hand takes a different approach in defining agile software development by postulating it is an important domain of research within software engineering discipline and goes ahead to produce anecdotal evidence supporting the application of agile methods in not only various application domains, but also industry sectors. Pelrine (2011) further terms agile software arising as a result of a software revolution in the field of software development over the course of the last decade mainly due to late delivery of projects and over budget. He further attributes the popularity of agile software development to its ability to deliver quality software to people not only on time, but also on budget and on spec. To this end, it is clear that agile software development has established to become a major force in the socio-economic arena hence the recent quantum shift in the field towards the adoption of agile. Highsmith, & Cockburn, (2001) adds to this by postulating that thriving in the current dotcom-driven internet economy requires confronting the business need for relentless innovation and forging the future workforce culture. The further argue that agile software development approaches like extreme programming, crystal methods, lean developments, Scrum, adaptive software development (ASD) and others, view change from a perspective that mirrors the turbulent business and technology environment being experienced today.

The last decade has seen a lot of research done in software development with empirical studies like that of Salo & Abrahamsson (2004) focusing on a controlled case study approach mainly applied in in a study of extreme programming methodology that is performed in the close-to-industry setting in a bid to generate impact on both scientific and practical software engineering community.