agile2013 briefing deck

Charlie RuddLaszlo Szalvay

Agile2013 Nashville

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• What is the Agile industry like today?

• What will the Agile industry be like tomorrow?


• Company operations embrace Agile practices

• >150 people working across the U.S.

• More technical coaches than any other Agile services provider

• Engagements are collaborations between our consultants and clients

• Full Scrum teams deliver Agile software

• Embedded Agile practitioners work side-by-side with client teams

About SolutionsIQ


• Comprehensive large-scale Agile change management

• Management consulting addresses impact on culture, governance & portfolio management

• On-site Agile practitioners

• Agile software delivery

Global provider of Agile transformation services


Discovery & Assessment

Custom Program Design

Performance Objectives & Baseline Metrics

Visible Executive Involvement

Expert Training & Coaching

Ongoing Improvement Process

Evolving Culture and Competencies

Agile at Scale

Management Consulting

Organization Change

Management

Agile Coaching &

Training

Program Managemen

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Awareness Reinforcement

AbilityKnowledge Desire

Training

Workshops

Coaching

On-Site AgilePractitioners

ADKAR Change model, Prosci

Integrated learning program

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Agile at Scale: Premera

Serves 1.5M Blue Cross customers in Washington and Alaska

Release Planning Workshop

• Established product/technology direction of release

• Identified major delivery risks• Created initial mapping of user stories into

sprints• Created work-stream-prioritized backlog


SolutionsIQ offers free XP training to the Agile CommunityJava & .NET courses help software developers acquire/improve their Agile skillsEnables career advancement Offered across the U.S.Fulfills 3-day technical training requirement for CSD credential

• Pair programming• Automated testing• Test-driven development• Refactoring• Continuous integration

Essential Practices for Agile Developers


Agile at Scale: Making it Realfor Large Organizations

Making Scrum Stick in Regulated Industries3:45pm TuesdayLaszlo Szalvay

Challenges of managing software development in heavily regulated industries External compliance standards & risks How Agile/Scrum/Lean aids in mitigation


SolutionsIQ Clients

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