Here a “light” Agile Software Development checklist that I have used for many years to introduce Agile in organization. I usually introduce few items per week.

Product Management
  • A product Backlog, estimated and prioritized by a “Product Owner” is used
  • A “Release Plan” exists and is known by the team
  • A “Company Strategy” exists and is known by the team
  • Features are divided into “User Stories”
  • The “User Stories” are estimated by the whole team using “Planning Poker”
Workflow
  • The development work is divided into iterations or timeboxed “Sprints” or “Iterations”
  • A “kanban” or “Information Radiator” is used
  • The tasks are not assigned, the team organizes itself
  • The “Velocity” of the team is known
  • No outsider can interfere directly with the team during an iteration
  • “Daily Meetings” take place and do not last more than 10 minutes
  • A “Sprint Review” is organized and the output recorded
  • A demonstration is held at the end of each iteration
  • The problems are tracked and by the “Scrum Master” and/or management
  • A proper Retrospective is held
  • A “Burndown” graph is updated daily
  • The “Code Reviews” are systematically organized
Development Tools & Rules
  • A source controller is in place
  • A continuous integration build server is used and testing (unit & guidelines) takes place at each commit
  • The packaging of the product is fully automated
  • A (simple) bug management tool is used
  • Each bug is reproduced in a single test and then corrected
  • 80% of the code is covered by automated testing
  • A “Solution Log” in WIKI form is used
  • The “Coding Guidelines” are defined and understood by all
  • A maximum of 40 work hours per week!

Please note that any numbers above can be adjusted to your reality.