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Thoughtworks Launches Agile Transitions Online Community For Senior IT Executives

Global thought leader brings industry experts and senior IT executives together to discuss and share insights into the “business of Agile”

CHICAGO, May 27, 2010 — ThoughtWorks, the global leader in enterprise Agile, today launched Agile Transitions (www.thoughtworks.com/agile-transitions) ) a new online community focused exclusively on the exchange of ideas and best practices associated with executive- and business-level issues related to Agile IT. ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios, the Agile ALM products division, will jointly manage and contribute insights to the community site, along with a growing roster of senior technology executives from corporate, education and government sectors.

“ThoughtWorks is at the forefront of the uncharted impact that Agile has at the highest levels of the business,” said Ross Pettit, client principal for ThoughtWorks and lead for Agile Transitions. Adam Monago, VP of client services for ThoughtWorks Studios added, “This online community provides an interactive forum for leaders and executives to exchange ideas and experiences. It also allows ThoughtWorks to share its experience addressing the business-related issues that are critical to building a sustainably Agile organization at the global, enterprise-wide level.”

Agile Transitions is an open forum that allows community members to discuss a range of executive-focused topics, including IT governance, organization, budgeting and financing, risk management, HR issues and enterprise adoption and integration. Within the site Agile executives can converse back and forth, share tips and answer each other's questions. Broader Q&A features let members pose questions to the online community for feedback. In addition, the site includes a resource library that serves as a searchable repository of useful information, including articles, white papers, reference materials and links to webinars.

“One of the core principles of Agile software development is improved collaboration and efficiency, and the integration of Mingle with Google Wave offers a great example of how enterprise IT can use the technology,” said Chad Wathington, vice president, product development at ThoughtWorks Studios. “Having a rich graphical environment to share and update data as it relates to the entire software development lifecycle certainly aligns with our strategy to offer an adaptive, flexible Agile ALM solution that leapfrogs traditional methods for planning, building and deploying great software faster and with more accuracy.”

ThoughtWorks Leadership in Agile
ThoughtWorks delivers a range of services and tools that help global organizations adopt and scale Agile enterprise-wide. It also works to share its collective expertise with the at-large Agile community through books, white papers, webinars, seminars, blogs, industry presentations and online communities. Other knowledge-based offerings from ThoughtWorks include:

• Executive Panel Discussions: ThoughtWorks regularly hosts executive management panel discussions featuring the world’s foremost experts on technology related topics. For more information on the latest events please visit http://www.thoughtworks.com/upcoming-events.
• Professional Edge Webinar Series: ThoughtWorks regularly holds thought leadership events in many of its global offices, as part of the organization’s mission to improve the IT industry. For more information on upcoming professional edge webinars please visit http://www.thoughtworks.com/upcoming-events.
• ThoughtWorks Studios Community: Even before ThoughtWorks Studios products became publically available, the company had a vision to facilitate a community space where customers could showcase how tools were utilized in their respective environments. The ThoughtWorks Studios Community site is devoted to allowing community members to exchange information, including the ability to share screenshots, videos, code samples and templates in posts. It also allows for the ThoughtWorks Studios’ team and product developers to gain a common understanding of the challenges and accomplishments of the community (http://community.thoughtworks.com).

About ThoughtWorks:
ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing Agile-based systems development, consulting and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. It has pioneered many of the most advanced and successful Agile methods of software development and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps its clients maximize investment and performance across a portfolio of complex, business-critical applications, while reducing time and risk. Its products division, ThoughtWorks Studios, offers tools to manage the entire Agile development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM solution™, comprised of Mingle®, Cruise® and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,300 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more information please visit: www.thoughtworks.com.

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