SeaSpin

by Aaron Hoffer, Washington Mutual

In September 2004, Aaron joined the facilitation team that created Washington Mutual's enterprise-wide development methodology: the SDLC.

A core team consisting of subject matter experts from different organizations and disciplines spent the next five months developing the content for the methodology. Other teams worked in parallel to create the training, write the communications, write the policy, and review the content with auditors. On April 1, 2005, the SDLC methodology was deployed to a technology organization of over 3000 people working in multiple states.

The teams that put together the SDLC were released in April. A group of core contributors stayed on to educate people about the methodology and continuously refine it. Aaron is a part of that team and spends the bulk of his time enhancing the SDLC and training people to use it. In addition the SDLC, Aaron is engaged in some Lean and Six Sigma initiatives at Washington Mutual.