| Why Developers Must Be Agile |
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Session Abstract: Development organizations today are faced with what seems to be an incredible paradox: they must be able to quickly respond to business needs and deliver value to the business, yet at the same time work within a structured program that supports mandated compliance requirements. In essence, they must be agile, yet disciplined. And, developers are continually threatened by cheaper or more efficient solutions that can come from anywhere in the world. This presentation will discuss all of these challenges and how leading organizations are using a mix of agile processes, open source tools and techniques, globally distributed development teams, and technologies such as service-oriented architectures (SOA) and integrated tool platforms to tackle them. Speaker Bio: Liz Barnett is the editor in chief of the Agile Journal and a Principal Analyst at EZ Insight Inc. EZ Insight helps clients deliver software solutions to support agile businesses. With over 20 years of IT experience, Liz has a particular expertise in the areas of Agile and iterative development, globally distributed development, and open source development practices. Previously, Liz spent 10 years as a Vice President and Research Analyst at Forrester Research. At Forrester, she covered application development methodologies and processes, management and metrics, strategies for component-based development, and development and applications life-cycle management tools. Liz joined Forrester as a result of its acquisition of Giga Information Group, where she joined as one of the founding analysts in 1995.Prior to Giga, Liz held management positions at Accenture, PepsiCo, and Atelier Research. She also was the Research Director for the advanced software development and advanced network computing research services at New Science Associates, prior to its acquisition by Gartner Group. Liz holds a patent for developing a distributed application development/CASE tool. Liz earned her B.S. in operations research and industrial engineering at Cornell University. |
Liz Barnett - Editor in Chief - Agile Journal 