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Better Software Conference & EXPO 2006 Concurrent Sessions
Go To: Agile Development | Managing Projects and Teams | Measurement | Outsourcing | Plan-Driven Development |
Process Improvement | Quality Assurance | Security | Special Topics | System Requirements | Testing
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| Outsourcing | | | Thursday, June 29, 2006 1:30 PM |
Successful Offshore Outsourcing with the Crawl-Walk-Run Strategy
Uttiya Dasgupta, Omnispan LLC
Large organizations may have the resources for expensive, big-bang offshore outsourcing projects. But what should small- and medium-sized organizations do when tasked with outsourcing? Based on his experiences, Uttiya Dasgupta describes a usable and inexpensive process for planning an offshore outsourcing strategy for small- to medium-sized development organizations. This crawl-walk-run strategy starts with very small projects and moves to increasingly more complex ones, supported by adequate preparation for each stage. Beginning with a vision of the �run� stage, teams plan the first stages to test out processes and ensure the cultural and technology fit between the internal and outsourced organizations. Uttiya shares his insights for successful offshore outsourcing projects and, especially, the signs and metrics that tell you when you are ready to move from crawling to walking�to running.
� Offshore outsourcing for small- and medium-sized organizations
• How to build a winning team with an offshore presence
• Internal preparations to ensure success in outsourcing |
| | | Thursday, June 29, 2006 3:00 PM |
Agile Offshore Development�An Oxymoron?
Roger Nessier, Symphony Services
Companies that master Agile development in a multi-shore environment can benefit from reduced calendar time to implement new features, early development feedback to make course corrections, and increased development team responsiveness to changing market requirements. Multi-shore Agile development teams face unique challenges compared with co-located teams� large time zone differences, lack of proximity, cultural differences, and more. With experience driving multi-shore Agile development with several enterprise software companies, Roger Nessier describes ways that he has addressed these challenges. He discusses sprint planning with distributed teams, how to structure and assign work, and tools for communicating in real-time to create an Agile global development environment. Learn about the benefits and limitations of using Scrum management practices for offshore development and what it takes to be successful.
� Define goals and measure deliverables in an offshore Agile environment
• Communication and productivity challenges associated with multiple Scrum teams
• Test- and QA-driven offshore development across distributed teams |
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