Implementing Agile In Distributed Teams

Slide 1: Connecting people with the world’s greatest travel possibilities. Implementing Agile in distributed teams - Presented by Sreekanth Tadipatri Confidential

Slide 2: Today’s Agenda Overview Distributed team - challenges Project teams practices Project manager practices Organizational practices Summary 2 Confidential

Slide 3: Overview: business picture • Transnational corporations (TNCs), number 63,000 parent firms with about 690,000 foreign affiliates, span virtually all countries and economic activities. 3 Confidential

Slide 4: Overview: business picture • IT is fundamental to effective global operations in two primary ways: – providing a coordination mechanism for geographically dispersed activities – facilitating the reshaping of the separate organizations into global cooperatives • Majority of Fortune 500 firms actively engage in global software development practices 4 Confidential

Slide 5: Overview: Global IT challenges • IT development and support is an inherently complex social process that is communication and coordination intensive • \"Going global\" heightens complexities due to cultural, language, and organizational differences 5 Confidential

Slide 6: Overview: Types of teams • Teams with developers, testers, users and/or other team members working at more than one location. • Teams engaging with third-party partners - consultants, vendors, even customers in more than one location. 6 Confidential

Slide 7: Agile Manifesto • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools • Working software over comprehensive documentation • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation • Responding to change over following a plan 7 Confidential

Slide 8: Today’s Agenda Overview Distributed team challenges Project teams practices Project manager practices Organizational practices Summary 8 Confidential

Slide 9: Challenges in distributed teams Strategic • Communication • Cultural • Technical - Requirements, Architecture • Access to expertise • Team dynamics • Security • 9 Confidential

Slide 10: Today’s Agenda Overview Distributed team challenges Project teams practices Project manager practices Organizational practices Summary 10 Confidential

Slide 11: Project teams practices • Team selection and preparation • Cultural awareness • Team Mentor • Early bonding • Short engagements 11 Confidential

Slide 12: Project teams practices • Team space • Together • Iteration Connect • Completion United • Smart Meetings • Team Connector 12 Confidential

Slide 13: Today’s Agenda Overview Distributed team challenges Project teams practices Project manager practices Organizational practices Summary 13 Confidential

Slide 14: Project manager practices • One Project • Communication Strategy • Common Information Infrastructure • Living Process • Common Development Environment • Flexibility • Full Credit 14 Confidential

Slide 15: Today’s Agenda Overview Distributed team challenges Project teams practices Project manager practices Organizational practices Summary 15 Confidential

Slide 16: Organizational practices • Unified Worldwide Workforce • Company Support of Distributed Teams • Technology for Distributed Teams 16 Confidential

Slide 17: Today’s Agenda Overview Distributed team challenges Project teams practices Project manager practices Organizational practices Summary 17 Confidential