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Richard Leavitt, Rally Software & Michael
Mah, QSM Associates
The proof is now in that going Agile is the only way to get critical, revenue generating
applications to market faster and leaner. This presentation documents the financial
returns Agile project teams are experiencing over their traditional counterparts
and provides a business case toolkit for senior executives evaluating Agile practices.
- In May 2008, Rally commissioned third-party research firm, QSM Associates, to benchmark
29 Agile development projects against QSMA's database of 7,500 software projects.
The study compared the performance of Agile development projects against plan-based
and waterfall industry averages for time-to-market, productivity and quality.
- Results of the study will be discussed so project teams can understand the financial
impact Agile practices can have in their organizations, and what they can do to
deliver increased value in difficult economic times.
- This presentation also describes lessons learned and how the studied companies implemented
Agile in their enterprise, with team sizes ranging from 10 to 1,000.
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The road traveled for Agile projects is often treated like a
freeway with no marked lanes. As a result, projects crash and some IT drivers
refuse to take the Agile freeway ever again. However, when used properly the
benefits Agile methods are a fuel-efficient way to create user driven applications.
In our session, we present technical best practices for navigating the Agile freeway
and share the rules of the road for overcoming the main roadblocks faced by IT teams
when steering application projects using Agile methodologies.
- Technology vs. Methodology – Why can’t they get along?
o Common Pitfalls of Traditional
Tools
- After the Pilot Project – Why does your second Agile project fail?
o Addressing the Realities of Agile
Adoption
- Delivering Business Applications built for Continuous Change – What are the
real needs of Agile?
o Agile is more than a methodology
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Bryan Stallings & , Christian Jensen SolutionsIQ,
Inc.
Are your Agile teams successful? Are you ready to go to the next level?
Implementing Agile throughout an entire organization can bring up a new slate of
challenges. This presentation discusses enterprise-wide Agile transformation and
integration within the culture of your organization—how to go from having
just a few Agile teams to Agile being the standard adopted mode of operation.
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Joachim Herschmann, Borland Software
- Key aspects of testing
- The role of testing in an agile world
- Examples of integrations between commercial test automation tools and open source
testing frameworks
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Bernard Coyne, IBM Rational Team Concert
Developing software in
a team is much like playing an instrument in a band. Both require a balance of team
collaboration and solo expertise. A goal of Rational Team Concert (RTC) is to provide
agile teams with a supportive and flexible stage for developing software.
- In this presentation we explore how RTC supports agile teams distributed across
the hall or around the world.
- We show how teams can plan and execute agile iterations, set up individual and team
dashboards, and make in-flight adjustments to team process.
- Finally, we showcase the collaborative capabilities that help build team cohesion.
Our presentation will conclude with a demo of Rational Team Concert.
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Adam Monago, ThoughtWorks
- Difficult times present challenging circumstances for even the most disciplined
of development teams. Changing market conditions, can often put scope and
budget constraints in play that tempt teams to sacrifice proven practices for short-term
results. Quality and customer satisfaction should not be the first casualties of
the budget crunch.
- There is a path for teams to do less by building only what customers need and keeping
their feedback loops tight enough to respond to change.
- ThoughtWorks believes that teams need to be supported with the tools that enable
them to keep their process as lean as possible, while not sacrificing the quality
and performance they need.
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