Agile Webinars
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Umar Akhter, Senior Project Manager, ThoughtWorks imparts key facts of release management and ways of making shorter and regular releases on medium to large projects possible. Also discussed in deep detail are relevant topics such as Planning for Frequent Release, Required Infrastructure, Automation, Discipline, Negotiating with Customers, and Processes.About the Speaker
Umar Akhter is backed by eleven formidable years of experience. He has played a variety of roles from being a Developer, Analyst, Project Manager to Client Principal. He is currently with ThoughtWorks as a Senior Project Manager.
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Jez Humble, Product Manager, Cruise in a discussion on releasing excellent software fast. Many teams endure long, painful release processes. Delivering great software to users frequently and fast through build, test and deployment automation is a matter of skill. About the Speaker
Jez is the Product Manager for Cruise. As the founding leader of ThoughtWorks' build and deployment community, he has worked hard to capture and propagate best practices in the build, test and deployment space. His goal is to make Cruise the number one commercial continuous integration and release management server.
Jez has over eight years’ professional experience in IT as a Developer, System Administrator, Trainer and Manager. He has worked with a variety of platforms and technologies consulting for non-profits, Telecoms, Financial Service and Insurance Service Organizations. He has worked for ThoughtWorks in London and Bangalore and currently lives in San Francisco. He holds a BA in Physics and Philosophy from Oxford University and an MMus in Ethnomusicology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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Sumeet Moghe, Training Manager, ThoughtWorks, shares the key to success in Agile teams. Feedback in peer groups facilitates a shift from ‘forming, storming and norming’ to the most effective stage in the Tuckman's model - performing. This aspect, an important concern of luminaries in the Agile world such as Esther Derby, Johanna Rothman, Norman Kerth, Alistair Cockburn and Martin Fowler is discussed in deep detail. About the Speaker
Sumeet Moghe is predominantly a Learning and Development practitioner with about 9 years serving IT and ITES companies. His experiences in IT comprise Agile coaching and Lean and Enterprise 2.0 consulting. Sumeet has a keen interest in Agile methods to not just develop software but to run projects and manage teams in different spheres. Sumeet is a recognised blogger and blogs at http://cipher-quaker.blogspot.com.
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Jann Thomas Project Manager, ThoughtWorks explores the next challenge in IT. Transforming your organization. Agile software development methodology is sweeping the IT Industry. Many organizations experiment with Agility and many 'brands' of Agile including Scrum, XP, Lean, Crystal Clear and DSDM. As these types of adoptions are rare, organizations are looking for ways to ease into Agile practices without losing productivity. Here are ways to help you lead the transition to Agile practices. About the Speaker
Jann Thomas is a 15 year veteran of the software industry. She has worked as a Developer, Team Lead and Development Manager leading teams to deliver great software. Jann has been practicing Agile development techniques since 1998 and implemented her first Agile Project in 2000. She holds a Master’s in Computer Science and a Bachelor’s in Engineering. She has a Project Manager Professional certification from the Project Management Institute. In June 2004 she spoke at the International Conference on Software Process Improvement and In April 2008 she spoke at Software and System Quality Conference International. Jann is currently working as a Project Manager for ThoughtWorks in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Sameer Deans, Delivery Manager, ThoughtWorks on choosing Agile practices for your software development project. And on what happens when the offshore value proposition comes along with the fact that the delivery team is spread over several locations.
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Ross Pettit Client Principal at ThoughtWorks elaborates on the financial risks of ‘leaned-out IT.’ Agile teams are better aligned with corporate financial priorities, enable a higher rate of capitalization, consume less cash, provide better cash management, protect yields and reduce exposure to "black swan" events. But liquidity and solvency threats are loops that IT must mitigate.
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Patricia Carlin, General Manager ThoughtWorks talks about Metrics versus Diagnostics, Reporting Progress and Providing Visibility. And also the necessity of producing metrics that add value and eliminating metrics that are now deemed irrelevant. The discussion also comprises guidelines on effectively using metrics on an Agile Project as well as different types of metrics used on ThoughtWorks projects.
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Adam Monago, Vice President Client Services, ThoughtWorks Studios talks about managing software projects when just one team is involved is tricky enough. After all, apply Agile concepts to large programs or portfolios and the many challenges reveal themselves. This presentation takes examples of experiences with clients around the world to shed light on best practices as well as avoidable pitfalls when applying Agile to multi-team development projects.
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Cyndi Mitchell, Managing Director ThoughtWorks Studios on how to choose tools that are fit for agile teams across your organization. She will also discuss the philosophy behind ThoughtWorks Studios’ Adaptive ALM: one that fulfills a mission that Agile tools must improve the lives of everyone in your team by providing just the right level of support for collaboration, management and engineering practices. Cyndi will take you through why there is no Agile-in-a-box, real-time data is important in agile software development projects and the significance choosing a toolset that enables rather than constrains your agile teams.
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