Individuals over processes, working software over documents, collaboration over contracts and embracing change over a plan forms the well-known Agile Manifesto. But is Agile what the Manifesto describes? Is it possible to scale agile in an outsourced, distributed scenario without diluting the manifesto? Can Agile survive in an environment of fixed price/SLA based contracts? Can Agile scale to hundreds of developers in multiple locations? Agile has scaled, it is working, it is successful but is it the same agile that the manifesto talks about? In this talk we will attempt to ask and answer many such questions.

1. Pragmatic Agile Adoption
A service company’s perspective
Speakers Details
Puneet Sachdev ,
Enterprise Architect , NIIT Technologies
puneet.sachdev@niit-tech.com
puneet.sachdev@gmail.com

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5. Outsource…?
 Cost Arbitrage
 Scale, Skill
 Certainty, SLAs, Risk
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7. Scrum
Master
Product
Owner
Team
Coach
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8. (Sr) Soft Engineer
Tester
Tech/Test Analyst
Tech/Test Lead
Tech/Test Architect
(Sr) Project Manager
Program Manager
Lead Architect
Enterprise Arch
Delivery Manager
General Manager
Vice President
Tech/Test Consultant
Business Analyst
………
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9. 40% within 0
to 3 years
At-least 80:20
offshore:onsite
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11. Time &
Material
Outcome Fixed
Based Price
Fixed
Capacity
Story Point, Function Point
IFPUG, Mark II
SLAs – Quality, Quantity, Testing
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13. Standardization – Process & Tools
Planning – Releases, Dependencies, Rework, Capacity
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14. we cannot
Offshore & Outsourced scale
standardized without
processes and documenta
tools are tion
essential for
success
but …
but …
implications but …
better be but …
understood
by all SLAs, Reward/
Penalties,
Payments will
always be
driven from
contract
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15. Service Companies Providing Agile Sourcing
 Superficial Adopters
 Tactical Adopters
 Strategic Adopters
 Purist Adopters
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17. Critical Success Factors
 Judicial Agile fitment during Pre-Sales cycle
 Right Contracting
 Clear sizing methodology
 Automate, Automate, Automate..
 Standardization
 Core Team
 Domain Capability
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18. References & Credits -
•http://setandbma.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/agile-offshoring-2/
•http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/
21569576-developed-countries-are-beginning-take-back-service-industry-jobs-too-next-big?zid=292
&ah=165a5788fdb0726c01b1374d8e1ea285
•www.wikepedia.com
•www.searchsoftwarequality.com
•www.thefreedictionary.com
•www.agilemethodology.com
•www.agilemanifesto.org
•www.whyagile.com/why-agile
•en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anti-capitalism_color.jpg
•leadinganswers.typepad.com/leading_answers/2007/05/agile_contracts.html
Puneet Sachdev
Enterprise Architect, NIIT Technologies
Thank You
puneet.sachdev@niit-tech.com
puneet.sachdev@gmail.com
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