July 10th Lunch and Learn - Agile Principles in Waterfall!
Achieving Agility in Waterfall: AgiFall!
Tuesday, July 10th Lunch and Learn!
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Join us for an interesting discussion on how to apply Agile principles within the Waterfall framework. You could call it AgiFall!
One of the most frequently asked questions about Agile that I have been asked over my nine-year journey with Agile is “how you transition from Waterfall to Agile.” I found out about Agile from a consultant named Guy Beaver from a company called Net Objectives nine years ago. His presentation was so compelling I went back to my CIO, told her what I found out and recommended that we immediately transition to Agile. She said “we are an Agile shop so go forward and make it happen.” I contracted with Net Objectives and Guy Beaver to come in and train my whole staff. We immediately moved from Waterfall to Agile. The rest is history. Since we have been doing Agile for 9 years we have made every mistake you can make and will speak to lessons learned. With 30 years of Waterfall and 9 years of Agile experience we can definitely discuss how Agile principles can be utilized in Waterfall. As a bonus we will talk about management principles learned over the years that can be applied to both Agile and Waterfall.
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Steve Collins is a Business Application Divison Manager for Richland County. Steve attended school at Presbyterian College, Midlands Technical College and the University of South Carolina. He obtained a Computer Programming Associate Degree from Midlands Technical College and a Management Degree from the University of South Carolina. He has 40 years in the IT Industry working for two large banks, two large insurance companies, a startup document imaging company and now for local government. He believes that you can make any methodology work as long as you have the right team. He has his PMP, did waterfall for 30 years but believes that when Agile is done right it is definitely his preference. He started his career as a programmer and moved through the ranks to programmer analyst, systems analyst, application manager, development center manager, technical sales engineer and now division manager. His lessons learned come from the many projects he has worked on throughout his career -- those that failed and those that succeeded.
