Agile Becoming Mainstream? Yikes!
Alan S. Koch
President and Principle Consultant
ASK Process, Inc.

Introduction:

Have you written Agile methods off as irrelevant to you? Do you believe that these methods are nothing more than “fringe” concepts, and that they have no place in your organization? Are you ignoring those “Agilists”, and waiting for the Agile flash-in-the-pan to burn itself out?

Don't look now, but there is an Agile method coming to a project near you!

Scary as it might seem, Agility is here to stay. Although the Agile movement started out as a fringe group who employed grass-roots techniques to sneak Agile practices into projects below the radar, it has been moving out of the shadows at an accelerating rate, and is taking its place as an acceptable mainstream methodology.

How could this happen? Because Agility is demonstrating value!

Participants will learn:

This presentation will prepare participants to:

  • Identify Agile practices
  • Determine the value that Agility may provide in their organizations
  • Formulate a rational (non-hysterical) response to the inevitable arrival of Agile practices

Outline:

  • Introducing Agility
    • Savoring the essence of Agility
    • Debunking myths about Agility
  • Exploring the Value Agility brings to organizations
    • Delivering Business Value
    • Improving Quality
    • Maximizing visibility and accountability
    • Minimizing the cost and disruption of change
  • A rational (non-hysterical) response to Agility
    • Determining: Is it really Agile?
    • Clarifying the problem you're trying to solve
    • Matching the method to your meeds

Biography:

Alan S. Koch, PMP is a consultant, trainer, speaker and writer on effective Project Management methods. For over seven years, he has been President of ASK Process, Inc., a training and consulting company that helps companies to improve the return on their software investment by focusing on the quality of both their software products and the processes they use to development them.

Mr. Koch's 30+ years in software development include:

  • 14 years designing, developing and maintaining software
  • 5 years in Quality Assurance (including establishing & managing a QA department)
  • 10+ years in Software Process Improvement
  • and 10+ years in Management

Mr. Koch holds the ITIL Foundations Certification and has trained many other individuals who have successfully achieved their ITIL Foundations Certifications.