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TABS - Scaling Agile

29 May, 2009 - 03:00 pm
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It is a popular myth that Agile does not scale well to large, distributed delivery teams. With the right management and engineering practices, Agile not just scales to large, global teams, but is also demonstrably the best way to deliver maximum business value.

Join Rohit Bansal (General Manager, ThoughtWorks Bangalore) and his team for an interactive session on scaling Agile. Together, we will explore the challenges of scale, as well as solutions and best practices. There will also be a case study on one of the world's largest globally distributed, long-running Agile projects.

Limited seats. To confirm participation, write to tabs@thoughtworks.com with your profile details.

Agenda (May 29, 3 p.m. Onwards)
  • Floor Walk: Workspaces for high-impact delivery teams.
  • Session on "Scaling Agile".
  • Case Study focusing on tracking and measuring progress of large, distributed Agile programs.
  • Open Discussion.
  • High-tea & Networking (5:00 pm onwards).

What You Will Learn
  • Organizing delivery teams for maximum impact.
  • Gathering and handling feedback from a large number of stakeholders spread across the world.
  • Providing true-to-life visibility to customers.
  • Useful metrics , tools and reporting.
  • Ensuring smooth communication across developers, testers, subject matter experts, project managers and customers.
  • Keeping your technical design inline with business objectives.
  • Helpful engineering/management practices (such as Automated Testing, Continuous Integration).

Who Should Attend
Anyone responsible for delivering Agile projects and business results. This session will be of particular interest to Agile Practitioners, Program Managers and senior Project Managers.

Speaker Profiles
Rohit Bansal serves ThoughtWorks Bangalore as General Manager with over fifteen years of global application development and project management experience. He has a proven track record in setting up operations, leadership, team building and customer relationship management.

Jan Thomas - Program Manager at ThoughtWorks
Kartik Rajan - Program Manager at ThoughtWorks

What Is TABS?
TABS, a quarterly business series, is a platform for business & IT leaders to connect and discuss innovations in technology, software development processes, delivery and engagement models, and other IT business related best practices.

Venue
ThoughtWorks Technologies,
2nd Floor,Tower C, Corporate Block, Diamond District, Airport Road, Bangalore - 560 008

Limited seats. To confirm participation, write to tabs@thoughtworks.com with your profile details.

Questions?
Call Gautham H at +91 99020 43964
Write to us at tabs@thoughtworks.com

Prasanna Vaste
Business analyst & social worker. Agile fanboy.