StepTalks2013 - Agile @ Primavera

3. Agile @ Primavera
Miguel Barroso e Inês Santos - Primavera
Business Software Solutions

4. Agenda
Organization
Context
Critical success factors
Problems / Issues
Solutions (improvements made)

5. Organization
Development of global management solutions
for several sectors
Started in 1993
240 workers
Offices in Portugal, Spain, Angola and
Mozambique
40.000 customers in more than 20 countries
Market leader in Portugal, Angola,
Mozambique and Cape Verde
CMMI level 2 certified since 2010

6. Context
Until 2012
Waterfall approach
Significant planning upfront
Long development cycles
Checking product to late in execution
Target 2013
Scrum and Kanban
Team empowerment
Customer involvement
Time-to-market

7. Success factors
Better reaction to change
Teams empowerment
Customer involvement
Simplicity

8. Problems / Issues
Culture, mindset shift
Role definition and relocation
Cross-functional teams
Teams with multiple projects
Build an environment of trust

9. Improvements made
Team productivity
Customer involvement
Transparency
Continuous improvement

11. Strongstep - Innovation in software quality
Email: geral@strongstep.pt
Web: www.strongstep.pt
Telefone: + 351 22 030 15 85
Strongstep UPTEC
Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia da U. Porto
Rua Alfredo Allen, 455/461
4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Strongstep Chiado
Largo Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro nº 16
1200-369 Lisboa, Portugal