1. Pragmatic Agile Adoption
A service company’s perspective
Speakers Details
Puneet Sachdev ,
Enterprise Architect , NIIT Technologies
puneet.sachdev@niit-tech.com
puneet.sachdev@gmail.com

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5. Outsource…?
 Cost Arbitrage
 Scale, Skill
 Certainty, SLAs, Risk
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7. Scrum
Master
Product
Owner
Team
Coach
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8. (Sr) Soft Engineer
Tester
Tech/Test Analyst
Tech/Test Lead
Tech/Test Architect
(Sr) Project Manager
Program Manager
Lead Architect
Enterprise Arch
Delivery Manager
General Manager
Vice President
Tech/Test Consultant
Business Analyst
………
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9. 40% within 0
to 3 years
At-least 80:20
offshore:onsite
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11. Time &
Material
Outcome Fixed
Based Price
Fixed
Capacity
Story Point, Function Point
IFPUG, Mark II
SLAs – Quality, Quantity, Testing
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13. Standardization – Process & Tools
Planning – Releases, Dependencies, Rework, Capacity
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14. we cannot
Offshore & Outsourced scale
standardized without
processes and documenta
tools are tion
essential for
success
but …
but …
implications but …
better be but …
understood
by all SLAs, Reward/
Penalties,
Payments will
always be
driven from
contract
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15. Service Companies Providing Agile Sourcing
 Superficial Adopters
 Tactical Adopters
 Strategic Adopters
 Purist Adopters
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17. Critical Success Factors
 Judicial Agile fitment during Pre-Sales cycle
 Right Contracting
 Clear sizing methodology
 Automate, Automate, Automate..
 Standardization
 Core Team
 Domain Capability
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18. References & Credits -
•http://setandbma.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/agile-offshoring-2/
•http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/
21569576-developed-countries-are-beginning-take-back-service-industry-jobs-too-next-big?zid=292
&ah=165a5788fdb0726c01b1374d8e1ea285
•www.wikepedia.com
•www.searchsoftwarequality.com
•www.thefreedictionary.com
•www.agilemethodology.com
•www.agilemanifesto.org
•www.whyagile.com/why-agile
•en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anti-capitalism_color.jpg
•leadinganswers.typepad.com/leading_answers/2007/05/agile_contracts.html
Puneet Sachdev
Enterprise Architect, NIIT Technologies
Thank You
puneet.sachdev@niit-tech.com
puneet.sachdev@gmail.com
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