ThoughtWorks Webinar | Succeeding with Offshore Product Development
Lessons learned
Over the last few weeks, we have followed the stories of two product development teams as they use a distributed agile approach to build critical software for their customers. We've seen how to get started and looked at some of the key practices of high performing teams.
In this concluding webinar, we look back from inception to delivery of both large distributed projects, and draw out key lessons learned.
The format is of a live facilitated retrospective, which distills key insights on what made these two teams successful, as well as investigating what could have made things work even better.
Watch the video and learn how to mitigate risk and take corrective action early to optimize results from your globally-distributed product development efforts.
Speaker Profiles
Scott Shaw, ThoughtWorks
Scott is the Head of Technology for ThoughtWorks Australia. A senior consultant in the areas of IT strategy and Agile and Lean software development methodologies, he has been developing large-scale distributed software systems for business and government clients for over 15 years, holds 2 US patents, and has published papers in peer-reviewed engineering journals. He just finished a one-year stint as the GM of ThoughtWorks Pune, a 150-person agile delivery center in India.
Kedar Bapat, ThoughtWorks
Kedar is a senior Project Manager at ThoughtWorks with over 12 years of experience as a developer, business analyst and project manager. He has worked for applying IT solutions in varied industry sectors such as Banking & Financial Services, Capital Markets, Corporate HR staffing, Online Retail, e-Commerce and the Rail Industry. He likes to focus on nurturing client relationships and delivering large scale, complex IT solutions in a distributed and fast paced environment.
Satya Narayan, ThoughtWorks
Satya Narayan is a senior consultant at ThoughtWorks with more than 6 years of experience in developing software applications. During these years he has played many roles, including that of a passionate developer, product manager and technical evangelist. He has also been part of a variety of projects ranging from small business products to large scale offshore development.
Chirag Doshi, ThoughtWorks
Chirag has around 8 years of experience in developing software applications. He has played many roles including that of developer, tester and analyst on Agile teams ranging from 2 people in size to about 200. He is an active Agile evangelist, and speaks at conferences in India and abroad.
Webinar
31st August 2010
11am PST | 1pm CST | 2pm EST
31st August 2010
11am PST | 1pm CST | 2pm EST
Also in this series
Practical advice for getting started
Offshore development is now commonplace for just about everything from legacy maintenance to enterprise application development. One area where the notion of offshore continues to encounter resistance is product development, as many product managers consider it too risky to develop the "crown jewels" of their organizations in locations that are far removed in terms of both distance and time zones.
Practices of high performing teams
Few, if any, successful software-based products miraculously emerge from an initial design followed by 'heads-down' development. Watch this webinar, and explore how the principles and practices of agile and lean development have been applied by globally distributed teams to enable the collaboration and responsiveness required for successful software product development.