Agility is an old topic in the world of business. One of the major impediments facing an organization striving to be agile is information technology. It might appear that the burgeoning Agile Development movement is good news for the corporate world but only if those in that movement recognize and address with greater clarity and emphasis the ways that traditional development has failed. This paper outlines five factors that make IT a barrier rather than a resource. CEOs and managers should be asking agile developers how they intend to address these issues before making any adoption decisions.
