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Ray shares the joyous and painful trials,
and tribulations, of spearheading
Agile
adoptions in larger
and smaller corporations. His experience spans the past 36 months
working within some of the most recognized corporations in the
region.
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for this Agile Boston Meeting
Where:
MICROSOFT New England
201 Jones Rd., Sixth
Floor
Waltham, MA 02451 .............................get Agile
Boston driving directions here.
When:
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22 630PM to 830PM
Meeting Agenda:
6:30 PM: PART01: Quick Intro to Agile
and Scrum for those new to the process.
7:00 PM: PIZZA NETWORKING: Have some food.
Bring business cards.
7:20 PM: MAIN PRESENTATION: Ray Scot (Director
of QA and Agile Practices, Litle & Co) on Agile Adoptions
8:30 PM: CONCLUSION OF MEETING
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PRESENTER: Ray Scott, Director of QA and Agile
Practices,
Litle & Co
Details
Currently leading the Agile and QA efforts
at Litle & Co, Ray has 20 years of IT experience development
and QA with about 3 years of experience in leading Agile adoption
at large companies.
At Litle & Co, Ray works towards the
integrity of ongoing Agile development and test processes. At
his previous position at Fidelity, Ray spent 2 years developing
and implementing Agile adoption strategies at Fidelity for Scrum,
XP, Crystal and FDD (feature driven development).
He subsequently
led the training program for Agile practices. He later led
a high profile, customer-facing Agile project at Fidelity in
Boston.
Ray’s current firm is experiencing hyper-growth,
which is often a direct consequence of effective Agile practice.
Litle & Co
was presented the coveted 2006 Inc. 500 highest 3-year growth
award for a private Financial company with growth of 5,629.1
percent.
(reference: Inc
Magazine article on Litle & Co hyper-growth.)
Attend
this session to learn how to make Agile adoptions work, and
gain valuable insight from Ray’s deep experience in
driving successful Agile adoptions and practices.
Presentation Outline
The Challenges
of Agile adoption: big and small companies
· How to identify impediments to product delivery
· How to measure and manage progress in adoption.
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Staying Effective: Keep your friends’ close and your Enemies
closer!
· In Deep: Fixing QA vs. fixing Development
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What worked, what didn’t? Best practices in Agile adoption
and execution.
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