RESEARCH REPORT
What (and Who)
is Holding Women
Back in Tech?
Is Tech Actually Agile?
In the tech industry, many companies turn to
Over the past forty years, women have made
the Agile manifesto as a guide to software
great strides in fields like the life sciences, but
development. It's so prevalent that over
their participation rates in engineering and
70% of tech companies use it. Anchored in
computer sciences stay unchanged or have
principles like teamwork, kindness, and open
even declined.
communication, Agile is designed to keep teams moving forward and evolving as the needs of customers and dynamics of a marketplace change. But when it comes to making needed changes as an industry, is tech actually Agile?
For decades, tech and IT industries have been known for gender inequality. Even as women advance in other science-related career areas, they remain shockingly underrepresented in the computer sciences.
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Changing the environment for women in tech
These shifts will facilitate more breakthrough
is possible, but first, the industry needs to
moments and address gender inequality. In
make a deep systemic commitment to Agile
