Obtain buy-in from all responsible parties. A developer that is not willing to embrace agile should not be placed on your team, even a single doomsayer can cause major negativity, disruption and resistance to change. Pick a motivated team that is keen to embrace change. A CIO who is a heavyweight fanatic is not going

Why are fixed length sprints (iterations or timeboxes) of the same duration important? why should these sprints not exceed a 4 week timebox? WHY 4 WEEKS? Scrum recommends that iterations do not exceed 4 weeks. I have heard of some implementations using 6 weeks. I stick with durations of 4 weeks or less. 4 weeks