This was a presentation made at the Better Software Conference in June 2009 at Las Vegas. This presentation talks about how you can maximize your team’s throughput, reduce cycle time in your release management process and improve product quality.

5. Top 10 Reasons IT Projects Fail Source: Standish Group Hard-Working, Focused Staff Clear Vision & Objectives Ownership Competent Staff Smaller Project Milestones Realistic Expectations Proper Planning Clear Statement of Requirements Executive Management Support User Involvement

6. issues long delivery cycles requirements expired time-to-market scope dysfunction estimation pain scope bloat lack of tool & resources in QA roles & responsibilities confusion increased time-slicing reactive tasking PMO challenges limited purview reduced value higher testing costs reduced test coverage internal disconnect lack of communication silo-integration pain lost know-how higher project risk must reinvest in intellectual capital

7. Agile: Flipping the Axes

8. Agile: Flipping the Axes

13. Components of a successful agile implementation

15. Philosophical parallels between “Lean” and “Agile”

16. Elimination of Waste is Key

17. This is getting attention!

18. Why ThoughtWorks Studios?

20. Pull systems and Kanban

21. Use metrics to measure flow and to detect where bottlenecks occur

22. Parallelize what you can

23. Tests should be easily maintained by the entire team as they adapt

24. Reinforce good practices and people with the right tools

25. Thank You!