Although there is no canonical set of agile practices, most. Background and overview solutionsiq is a 400 person it services company based in the pacific northwest. Brent barton lance young vice president of software engineering lance young spearheads the quality of solutionsiq premium software development services. We have explored the topic of product portfolio management in previous episodes, but not from an agile perspective. Brent barton, evan campbell implementing a professional services organization using type c scrum 40th hawaii international conference on system science hicss 2007. The organizations original structure was typical of a consulting organization. The dashboard provides rollup metrics out of the box for. Brent barton brent bartons executive management background and nearly two decades of experience in software technology give him the ability to provide valuable guidance concerning engineering capability and organizational proficiency. Brent has used agile practices for a decade as a chief technology officer, development manager, project manager, software developer, scrummaster, product owner, coach, consultant, and trainer. Solutionsiqs professional services division dramatically improved project quality and team productivity through the adoption of scrum and agile values, principles, and practices. Agile software enabled us to take our technical platform from vision to reality, transforming our ideas from words on a page to a commercial product. Scrum alliance webinar replays for agile professionals. Brent bartons executive management background and nearly two decades of experience in software technology give him the ability to provide valuable guidance concerning engineering capability and organizational proficiency.
Manage project portfolios more effectively by including software debt in the decision process by brent barton and chris sterling. Brent applies agility, pragmatism, persistence, organizational constructs, and process disciplines to help organizations outperform their status quo. If youve already dipped one toe in, you may even think that the pms role is senseless in the agile context. Next, we must answer the question in regards to the read more. Brent barton s executive management background and nearly two decades of experience in software technology gives him the ability to provide valuable guidance concerning engineering capability and organizational proficiency. Brent barton and john rudd gave the term business agility a useful meaning. He has used agile practices since the late 1990s as a chief technology officer, development manager, project manager, software developer, scrummaster, product owner, coach, consultant, and trainer. Dan and the agile team helped us analyze and refine our highlevel vision, using their patternbased approach to break things down in a way that fit our business, our requirements and our budget. Hes certified thousands of people in scrum techniques and trained and mentored many more. While working with enterprises and their adoption of agile approaches to delivering software, brent barton, my partner in crime at, continued to run into an issue. Transformation patterns for curing the human causes of technical debt by jonathon michael golden. Reporting scrum project progress to executive management through metrics authors. Agile project management software supports this iterative process and facilitates the. We also proud of our product that enables organizations to manage.
Whether to continue using traditional cost and benefit analysis methods such as systems and software engineering standards or to use a relatively new family of software. Brent barton is a principal at river rock endeavors, llc, a software product and professional services company. Agile project management refers to an incremental approach to managing projects that helps teams address and respond to change and uncertainty over the course of a project life cycle. Which is the best agile software project management tool. Brent barton senior systems engineer locke supply co. We encourage you to join us and share your best practices and lessons learned with the this agile community. Francois beauregard, bill mcmichael, jean mcauliffe, victor szalvay scrum alliance, 2005 introduction the interest in agile software methodologies is not surprising. Brent barton, vice president of software engineering. Agile software development is an umbrella term for a set of frameworks and practices based on the values and principles expressed in the manifesto for agile software development and the 12 principles. Agile methods are presenting an opportunity to develop software better and this is being noticed in the business community. Brent was one of the earliest certified scrum trainers and has been implementing scrum in organizations since 2005. Many agile project methods, especially scrum, emphasize incremental, multilevel planning and discourage fully planning software projects down to the finest level of decomposition in the early stages.
Meet the partners who put the panache in agile panache. Brents executive management background and nearly two decades of experience in software technology gives brent the ability to provide valuable guidance concerning engineering capability and organizational proficiency. Reporting scrum project progress to executive management through metrics brent barton, ken schwaber, dan rawsthorne contributors. Scrum is particularly of interest partly because of its roi focus and quick implementation. Theyll give your presentations a professional, memorable appearance the kind of sophisticated look that todays audiences expect. Feb 24, 2011 while working with enterprises and their adoption of agile approaches to delivering software, brent barton, my partner in crime at, continued to run into an issue. Ppt delivering enterprise projects using agile methods. Getting agile real world application of agile and lean in. Earned value management evm for agile software projects. The image below shows one of the main dashboard views that teams can use to get insights into their softwares health. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. Selected dod management and acquisition concerns mary ann lapham suzanne miller lorraine adams nanette brown. Jun 07, 20 brent bartons executive management background and nearly two decades of experience in software technology gives him the ability to provide valuable guidance concerning engineering capability.
Brent has served in the roles of software engineer, development manager, technical project manager and portfolio manager in addition to executive roles during his more than twenty years experience. The top management or your clients want to get the product with th. Hosted softwareasaservice products provide an opportunity to provide consumers with continuous deployment of new features, as opposed to scheduled version upgrades as is the norm for products installed onpremise. Rally, which is based in boulder and employs 322 people, acquired agile advantage with the intent of adding the companys costmeasurement and scheduling capabilities into the rally portfolio manager. Each week i talk with a savvy insider to help us understand an aspect of product management and innovation. Rally also worked with agile advantage founders brent barton and chris sterling at. The 5 simple rules of agile portfolio management solutionsiq. Teams that were adopting agile methods were reporting their progress based on.
Brent was one of the earliest certified scrum trainers and has been implementing scrum in. Sep 30, 2010 brent barton is a founding partner at sterling barton, llc, a software product and consulting services company. Agileevm earned value management in scrum projects. Beyondagile is the puget soundarea user group for people using agile and lean practices to improve software and business. It took six months to recognize that software was a huge problem and to take action. Broadly speaking, any practice or technique that facilitates the values and principles set forth in the agile manifesto can be considered an agile. The result is called agileevm agile earned value management and is a simplified set of earned value calculations.
To apply the concept of geoffrey moores book, we must first answer the question, is agile a disruptive technology. Rally software buys agile advantage to prove agile. Agile software development is more than practices such as pair programming, testdriven development, standups, planning sessions and sprints. Rally software buys agile advantage to prove agile development really works. Brent has used agile practices for a decade to help small, medium, and fortune 100 organizations overcome seemingly. Business value is a key concept in agile software development approaches. Agile product portfolio management with brent barton. A lot has been written about agile portfolio management for almost a decade, yet, the fundamental. Teams that were adopting agile methods were reporting their progress based on abstract ideas such as points and velocity. Brent barton chief executive officer heartlight llc linkedin. Brent and chris have a proven track record of helping individuals, teams, and organizations attain success in their software deliveries. Rally software buys agile advantage to prove agile development. Brent barton sterling barton, llc partner, sterling barton, llc former.
Agile alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of agile software development as outlined in the agile manifesto. That is the topic for this episode agile portfolio management. For example, in collaboration with brent barton chris contributed a great article to the forthcoming issue of the cutter it journal on technical debt. Agile panache is a partnership led by three senior practitioners with decades of experience in consulting, training, technical mentoring, and agile coaching. Getting agile real world application of agile and lean. Comparing actual and predicted results of a technical. Although there is no canonical set of agile practices, most agile practitioners adopt some subset of scrum and xp practices. Certificate in agile development teaching excellence award. Solutionsiq provides technical staffing and outsourced software development services, in addition to targeted consulting offerings including a selection of agile, scrum, and business consulting offerings. Join brent barton and others to share an evening of virtual agile what is working and lessons learned.
Duplication probably the biggest design debt in many software projects. Ppt agile method scrum powerpoint presentation free to. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover brents connections and jobs at similar companies. Agile advantage, inc cofounders brent barton and chris sterling created the agile advantage, inc application to bridge the gap between agile methodologies and traditional business metrics, so that organizations can better plan, manage, and realize the full value of it investments. Manage project portfolios more effectively by including. Agile has crossed the chasm, agile hasnt crossed the.
Brent barton has an extensive background mentoring and guiding whole organizations toward agility. His focus is bringing business concerns into the agile process to help demonstrate the business value of agile practices to traditional waterfall companies. While the efforts of innovators and early adopters have helped us assert that agile is better than traditional methods, improving the reporting capability would help. At this years global scrum gathering in orlando, solutionsiq president.
Agile practices can leave large gaps and introduce risks. Agiles role in developing robust software competency in a. My presentation addressed the issues of communication between business and agile teams. With these needed features in mind, i dove into the world of some of the top agile project management software and narrowed down the list to these seven great options. Tamara sulaiman, pmp, csm brent barton, csm, cst thomas blackburn, pmp, csm solutionsiq solutionsiq infotech, inc. Brent has used agile practices for a decade as a chief technology officer, pmo manager, project manager, development manager, software developer, scrummaster, product owner, coach, consultant, and trainer. These largerscale products, programs, and projects are more complex, have more dependencies, and present significant challenges. When scrum extends beyond software development into the organization, agile techniques, notably scrum, provide a builtin innovation process. The interest in agile software methodologies is not surprising. We adapted earned value management evm, using values defined in scrum. Reporting scrum project progress to executive management. The relationship with chris deepened since this episode. Rally also worked with agile advantage founders brent barton and. Brent has certified thousands of people in scrum techniques, and has trained and mentored many more.
Active collab is a great, affordable solution for small businesses. Earned value management and agile tips for success brent barton, president, agile advantage, inc. Let us first focus on the software industry, both software product companies and it. Agile management principles best practices for agile. Using return on team to enhance business agility dzone agile. Brent barton brent s executive management background and over two decades of experience in software technology give him the ability to provide valuable guidance on engineering capability and organizational proficiency. With nearly 35,000 members and subscribers around the globe, agile alliance is driven by the principles of agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. Brent barton product line director, rally software formerly president, agile advantage, inc. Earned value management, though nascent in agile software projects, is a powerful tool of cost and time control, making agile more attractive to businesses. Brent has used agile practices for a decade as a chief technology officer, development manager, project manager, software developer, scrummaster, product. Brent bartons executive management background and nearly two decades of experience in software technology gives him the ability to provide. Continuous scrum proceedings of the 4th india software. Traditional manufacturing organizations such as caterpillar, boeing, and ford use agile methods. Brent barton is currently an associate director at solutionsiq, an accenture company.
Agile processes and practices have gained enough attention that both it businesses and product development organizations are engaging in large agile implementations. As a consultant and trainer, brent has helped small, medium and fortune 100 organizations. Sterling barton movemements of a hypnotic nature slideshare. The good folks at cutter are making the october issue of the cutter it journal citj available to anyone who is interested in getting deeper into the intricacies of technical debt.
Aug 07, 2012 rally software buys agile advantage to prove agile development really works. View brent bartons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Sonar is an open source tool that is a foundational platform to manage your softwares quality. One of the vendors supporting this initiative used agile software development. In order to exploit this opportunity, a saas provider needs to adopt an. As a pm, you mustve at least heard about agile project management. Wert zu liefern, ob es sich nun um software oder etwas anderes handelt. Francois beauregard, bill mcmichael, jean mcauliffe, victor szalvay. Brent understands the agile journey from the perspective of both a practitioner and a coach. Brent barton chief executive officer heartlight llc. Recognizing software debt beyond agile puget sound chris sterling.
Agile management principles best practices for agile management. Agile has crossed the chasm, agile hasnt crossed the chasm. Using return on team to enhance business agility what the concept of return on team means to business agility and how to plan and track your agile initiatives. Earned value management and agile tips for success 1.
Brent barton, founder of river rock endeavors, has an extensive background mentoring and guiding organizations toward agility. Some of the wider principles of agile software development have also found application in general management e. A reasonable cost measurement that integrates with scrum would help provide an additional feedback loop. Winner of the standing ovation award for best powerpoint templates from presentations magazine.
Lately it has also become a successful practice in scrum, introduced via agile framework by tamara sulaiman, brent barton, and thomas blackburn in 2006. Brent barton is a founding partner at sterling barton, llc, a software product and consulting services company. Brent barton, ken schwaber, dan rawsthorne contributors. Managing software debt technical debt sustaining internal quality executable design quality debt configuration management debt design debt designing software communicating architectures technolog evaluation styles platform experience debt. His focus is bringing business concerns into the agile process to help demonstrate the business value of agile practices to. Brent has used agile practices for a decade to help small, medium and fortune 100 organizations overcome. Rally also worked with agile advantage founders brent barton and chris sterling at their previous company solutionsiq, an agile consulting. Maximizing roi with justintime processes and documentation david rico, hasan sayani, saya sone on. In this article chris and brent demonstrate how technical debt techniques can be applied at the portfolio level. If you do not agree, this is a good stopping point. Agile software development methods have been used in nondevelopment it infrastructure deployments and migrations. We will be using a variety of online tools to help facilitate the meeting. Procedures and techniques used to conduct agile software development. I was introduced to brent barton by one of my product managers to discuss how we.
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