MSSU Gestalt Presentation 2007-10-25

Joshua Hoover Scrum Master [email_address] 417-626-6527 w w w . g e s t a l t - l l c . c o m

About Gestalt
IT/Business Consulting Firm
Department of Defense (DOD)
Energy & Utilities (E&U)
250 People
9 Offices across the U.S.
50% Year over Year Growth

DOD’s Tech Challenges
Agile “Competition”
DOD – Years to create useable tech
“ Competition” – A trip to RadioShack
Systems Don’t Talk to Each Other
Data Silos
Monolithic
Proprietary

Deliver functioning software early and often that: Enables The Right Information to get to The Right People at The Right Time Joplin Office’s Mission for Our DOD Customers

Joplin Office’s Tech Service Oriented Architecture Web 2.0 Open Source Enterprise Service Bus RSS, SIP, UDDI, XMPP

What Makes Gestalt Different?

Deliver – Early and Often
Functioning, quality software every 30 days or less
Responsive to customer’s REAL needs

Self-Managed Teams
The Good News?
You’re your own boss
The Bad News?
See good news
Cross-functional

Agile Software Engineering Practices
Quality Control From The Start
Test Driven Development
Continuous Integration
Configuration Management

Open Source
Use…A Lot
Contribute Back…Quite A Bit
Bleeding Edge for The DOD

Open Culture
Gestalt != Office Space, Dilbert
Senior Leadership Open Door Policy
As Much Visibility as Possible
“ Social Networking”
del.icio.us

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MSSU Gestalt Presentation 2007-10-25

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