May 4 SeaSPIN Meeting
Construx Software, 10900 NE 8th St Suite 1350, Bellevue, WA
Food & networking from 5:45 to 6:15 (pizza, salad, soda )
Announcements from 6:15 to 6:30
Presentation from 6:30 to 7:45
Q & A from 7:45 to 8:15
Doors close at 8:30
Note that we are starting the presentation a little earlier now to ensure time for questions within the 8:30pm meeting time.
The Business Case for Agility
Too many technology projects fail to deliver on the promised value and some don’t deliver at all. Traditional project management methods continue to frustrate financial professionals and offer poor risk mitigation. How can agile practices reduce costs, reduce risk, reduce waste and improve return? How can we align incremental cost with incremental value? What are the proven practices that will enable us to get more value, sooner, with better results? This session will discuss the concept of agile business value and why companies are adopting agile.
Biographies
Bryan Stallings, Director and Principal Consultant, SolutionsIQ
Bryan leads the efforts of the Professional Services Consulting team to maximize the benefits that agile methods present to SolutionsIQ’s software development and agile consulting clients. He is an experienced leader of Agile adoption initiatives, both as a consultant and as an internal change advocate. Before joining SolutionsIQ, Bryan defined and led the enterprise agile adoption programs at two previous companies where he was employed. A Certified Scrum Trainer, Bryan regularly leads Certified ScrumMaster and Certified Scrum Product Owner training courses. Bryan has an MBA in International Business. He also holds a Six Sigma certification and is fluent in Spanish.
David Wylie, Engagement Manager, SolutionsIQ
David is responsible for the delivery efforts of SolutionsIQ’s agile development teams to several key clients. Over a career of 25 years, David has worked as a software developer, tester, analyst, project manager and consultant. He has been a principle in two consulting firms dealing with technology project management. During the last 19 years, he have been focused on consulting to a wide variety of industries on effective implementations of technology. David has a BS and an MBA.