Agile replaces Waterfall in Finance, Identity Management and GIS
The Agile processes to replace waterfall practices were defined and implemented, while process improvement opportunities were identified for 7 teams and 70 people, located in the USA and India.
The Challenge
The existing waterfall method culture which had to be replaced by agile at all management levels.
The intervention
Initial training and road-map planning with the management for about five days (on-site).
Coaching the Product Owners in the initial stages of preparing the Product Backlog (off-site).
Helping the teams with planning and retrospectives in the first two sprints (on-site/off-site).
Remote Involvement with the teams for 2-3 days in a month (off-site).
The Outcome
Predictability of the output increased drastically from all the teams. The business teams are able to meet their external commitments to clients, which was not happening earlier.
Early (daily) detection of development risks helped immediate risk handling.
Continuous re-prioritization of the work in case of development risks or client changes.
Teams working in regular hours instead of 12-14 hours as was happening earlier. This also improved the team morale.
Productivity improved due to test automation and several other process improvements.
An optimum level of documentation maintained which was absent earlier.
Tester and developer pairing reduced the number of defects.
