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The Dancing Agile Elephant: IBM Software Group's Transition to Agile and Lean Development

Presented by Sue McKinney on Aug 12, 2009

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Leadership
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Summary
This session explores the approach and challenges to transforming multi-thousand person division to adopt new approaches to developing software. Questions about how to inspire and motivate change, identifying the change agents, the tooling to enable the masses will be discussed.

Bio
Currently responsible for development transformational activities with IBM's software development group, her major emphasis is adoption of Agile and Lean principles into the mainstream. In addition to driving transformational activities within IBM, Sue works with large clients to share IBM's experience and help them scope opportunities for their own transformational activities.

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Video does not work by Craig Doremus Posted Aug 20, 2009 4:25 PM
Re: Video does not work by Diana Plesa Posted Aug 21, 2009 10:22 AM
Great presentation by Jelena Kutlaca Milosevic Posted Sep 16, 2009 4:35 AM
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    Video does not work

    Aug 20, 2009 4:25 PM by Craig Doremus

    I'd like to see how 'Big Blue' went agile, but the video does not work in Firefox or IE.

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    Re: Video does not work

    Aug 21, 2009 10:22 AM by Diana Plesa

    Hi Craig,

    i've just tested the video both in IE and Firefox and it works fine.
    Could you please try again? i might have been an issue with your connection...

    Diana (InfoQ)

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    Great presentation

    Sep 16, 2009 4:35 AM by Jelena Kutlaca Milosevic

    Very usefully and clear presentation.

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