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Wow, ThoughtWorks, an IT consulting company heavily involved with the agile movement has commissioned Forrester Research to perform an assessment of their processes; here you can read about their results.
Look at the following example Results:
Improved time to benefit by 69%
Reduced cost by 57%
Reduced effort by 62%
Reduced critical defects by nearly 80%
Reduced overall defects by more than 60%
Now who can not seriously consider implementing Agile practices with results like above.