Futurice is a software company founded in 2000 with offices in Tampere, Helsinki, Berlin, and London. They have 150 employees and offer tailored software solutions using agile development methods. The company focuses on transparency, clear goals, and thinking in a collaborative way. They use various agile practices like Scrum, retrospectives, and time boxing. Communication is emphasized for transparency. Events and gifts are used to build appreciation and a sense of community. Continuous improvement is a core value through practices like anonymous developer surveys and working temporarily in other offices.

1. Futurice Story
Lotta Tanttu, HR specialist and Katja Lehikoinen, office assistant
11/7/2012

2. Agenda » Futurice in brief
» The Story
» Continuous improvement
» Communication
» Events & gifts
» FutuNauts
» Miscellaneous practices
» Questions 
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3. We offer tailored solutions
done with agile methods.

4. Design and technology
under the same roof.

5. Futurice in brief
» Demanding software TAMPERE
projects
HELSINKI
» Customers, end-users and
developers extremely
happy. BERLIN
LONDON
1
15
Founded in
2000
150

7. Case: Finavia iPhone

8. Itella Posti Mobile

9. The Story

11. More easy to recruit?
Lower salary?
Better customer satisfaction?

12. It’s just more fun.

13. 60 employees and we start to create
control, rules, restrictions and process
(Because everybody sais that’s what you got to do )

14. Tuomas: “have people really changed in
6 months from really smart to really
s….d or is there something wrong with
the system?”

15. Three changes:

16. Total transparency

17. Clear goals

18. “Rules” of thinking

19. Happy Happy
people customers
Caring
Transparency
Continuous
Improvement
Trust
3x2
Happy
end-users

20. Continuous
Improvement

22. Scrum & other agile
methods

23. Retrospective

24. Time box
everything

26. Monthly
Anonymous
Developers
answer the following questions in 3-5min
1. What were your sub goals and
what progress did you make
with them?
2. What did you learn during the
past month?
3. What does the next month look
like and what could be your
new sub goals?

27. Weekly :)
1 minute / person
How was last week? (honest smile)
What will I do this week.
How does my workload look.

29. What I learned Lunch

30. Communication
for the sake of transparency

36. Events & gifts

37. JoltAppreciation

38. Weekly breakfast

39. Futufriday

40. FamilyFriday

41. Student events
(c) Maria Kulse

42. FutuNauts

43. For a safe and fun star trek, talk with Lotta.

44. Miscellaneous
practices

45. Work a week as a
Berliner

46. 90secPulse

47. Family survey

48. Ask the CEO Session
Speed dates

49. Everything should
just work.