State of Industry Reports

Published by kirill.klimov on

UPDATED: January 29, 2024

Recently, I stumbled upon a blind spot in knowledge within one organization — industry reports. To my surprise, not everyone seems to be aware of their existence. Even seasoned practitioners like you may discover a report they weren’t previously aware of. In this article, I aim to shed light on various industry reports that offer valuable insights and trends. However, it’s crucial to approach these reports with caution, considering potential distortions and unrepresentative results. In particular, pay attention to the number of responders to the original survey and their context background. Because sometimes some of the results may not be far from a well-known joke: “According to an internet survey, 100% of respondents had internet access”. Let’s delve into this treasure trove of information, but remember to engage in critical thinking.

It all started in 2006 with the very first “State of Agile Report”, released by VersionOne. It is the biggest survey and most well-known report. It is still active now. It was releasing reports annually. 2006 to 2019 by VersionOne. VersionOne was acquired by CollabNet, so in 2020 and 2021, it was presented by CollabNet (versions 14 and 15 correspondingly). In 2022 the report was presented by digital.ai, which is the new name for CollabNet VersionOne following a rebranding.

The success of this one inspired (as I see it) many others. So below I go for a list, with short information, a link to the most recent report, some historical background as the number of reports available and the year started, the organization supporting it, the approximate number of respondents for the most recent version of the report, etc. Considering most of the reports are annual, the number of versions and age correlate directly. Sorted by the number of versions, then the number of respondents. Also, I’m not including here multiple reports that appeared in a few recent years about salary for specific roles (like the Scrum Master salary report or PO salary report). Here are the reports:

  1. State of Agile Report
  2. State of the Cloud Report
  3. State of Testing Report
  4. State of DevOps Report
    • Provider: DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) and Google Cloud
    • Most recent version: 9 (2023)
    • The approximate number of respondents: 36,000+
    • Report homepage
    • Link to the most recent version in PDF
    • Not every report is serious enough to have a bestselling book (Accelerate) describing the approach and research behind (earlier versions) of this report
  5. State of Product Management Report
  6. State of Agile Marketing Report
  7. The State of Project Management Report
  8. The Business Agility Report
  9. State of Continuous Delivery Report
  10. State of Agile Coaching Report
  11. State of Agile Culture Report
  12. State of Kanban Report
  13. State of AgileHR
  14. State of Agile in Procurement & Supply
    • Provider: World Commerce & Contracting & Lean-Agile Procurement Alliance
    • Most recent version: 3 (2023)
    • Number of respondents: Not specified/hidden
    • Report homepage
    • To get the report you have to register
  15. State of Facilitation
  16. The State of the CLI

Please, let me know in a comment or direct message if it was useful for you. Also, I’d like to hear if I’m missing your favorite report – I’d be willing to add it. I hope to keep this version of the article up to date over time, so when new reports and versions of reports are published. If this topic is interesting enough, I could bring a few more articles with some insights I had from these reports.

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