Intergen’s Dylan Haskin’s and AsureQuality’s CIO, Darren Wilson explore the benefits of Agile methodology and deployment in Dynamics CRM Online, including the ability to move at speed in a fast-changing world.

2. PLATFORM AGILITY – A Paradigm Shift

3. Waterfall
Agile
Inception
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4. Waterfall
Agile

5. Who’s AQ

6. Where’s AQ Going?

7. AQ’s Situation

8. Agile in Action – Start Slowly
To create sustainable change
the team needs to own the
journey

9. Agile in Action – Harness Champions
Hunt out & empower
passionate people
Make them accountable

10. Agile in Action – Pick the right partner
We don’t all have the luxury
of dedicated in-house teams.

11. Agile in Action – know when you are done
• Business process
documented
• SOP changes made
• System changes into
production
• Users trained

12. Where did we land?
• Overall
• Clarity of Objectives
• Communication and Transparency
• Governance
• Cost
• Leadership
• Risks
• Vendor
• Quality
• Methodology
Exceeded/Met expectations
Met expectations
Met Expectations
Exceed/Met expectations
Met Expectations - 12% under budget
Met/Less than expectations
Met Expectations
Met Expectations
Met Expectations
Exceed/Met expectations

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“I think an essential part of
Agile working is empowering
the people managing the
project to make calls, and
communicating with the
Sponsor, Business Owners
etc. the importance of prompt
turnaround right from the get
go”
-Marketing Manager
“Key one for me is changing
expectations around seeing the total
cost of the project up front.”
“Overall, I think it creates a lot of
energy as sense of achievement
with clear goals established and
people feeling we are moving
forward.”
-CEO

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“Incredibly short amount of time to do
a vast amount of work with limited
resources – miraculous!”
-Independent
Advisor

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