Why would a century-old utility with no direct competitors take on the challenge of transforming its entire IT application organization to an agile methodology? In an increasingly interconnected world, the expectations of customers continue to evolve. From smart meters to smart phones, IoT is creating a crisis point for industries not accustomed to rapid change. Glen Morris explains that pizzas can be tracked by the minute and packages at every stop, and customers now expect this same customer service model should exist for all industries—including power. Glen examines how to create momentum and transform non-IT-focused industries to an agile model. If you are struggling with gaining traction in your pursuit of agile within your business, Glen gives you concrete, practical experiences to leverage in your pursuit. Finally, he communicates how to gain buy-in from business partners who have no idea or concern about agile or its methodologies. If your business partners look at you with amusement when you mention the need for a dedicated Product Owner, join Glen as he walks you through the approaches to overcoming agile skepticism.
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IT Landscape (Prior)
0 Mixture of custom development and packaged software
0 Various programming languages (c#, Java, python, etc.)
0 Release methodology (big quarterly and smaller monthly)
0 Governance model of prioritization
0 Command/control organization
0 CEO, 3 Directors, 7 Managers, 2 Supervisors, 100+ IT
Members
0 Average tenure of IT members >15 years
0 Spread across three buildings
0 Big backlogs, slow movement off the backlogs
My Background
0 25 years in manufacturing/utility IT
0 First 15 years at Toyota as a senior IT specialist
0 Wrote/implemented/supported assembly line systems
0 SME in lean concepts
0 Trainer of SPS (Structured Problem Solving)
0 Moved to utility industry 6 years ago to help gas
pipeline move to lean/agile (2011)
0 Hired at Vectren on their leadership team to help
drive agile transformation (2014)
0 CSM, CSPO, PSD, PSM, CSP, LsS, CAL certiaications