managing multi-site teams on agile projects
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A high end provider of Enterprise Technology Solutions
that enable Business Transformation in selected verticals
Synchronous Offshore Working:
Managing Multi-site Teams on Agile Projects
Vishal Somal
Agile Transformation Lead
Dilip Allam
Client Services Director
CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT The material contained in this document represents proprietary information pertaining to Mastek (UK) Ltd and Mastek Ltd and shall not be duplicated, used or disclosed without prior approval.
29 Years Young
8 Operates in 8 countries
150 Mn USD in Revenue
3000 Experienced professionals
Delivery and R & D
Centers
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As Mastek – Management and Software Technology - we bridge
business and IT. In North America we are known as MajescoMastek.
3 Data as of Feb’ 2012
Mastek: Enterprise Application Specialists
Enterprise Grade Software & a Holistic Perspective
Business Applications across the enterprise
Specialists focused on specific industries and state-of-the-art technologies
We specialize in building, re-engineering, maintaining and managing enterprise grade business applications that deliver business impact
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Major Programs
Insurance Government Financial Services
Main Heading Goes here re
Modern Platforms [IP]
& Insightful Solutioning
Domain & Account
Specialized Services
Global Engagement
Model
Mastek: The Enterprise Application Specialists
technology.
To solutions of business value.
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Agile process simplified…
Planning
Software Creation
Regular Demo/S&T
Retrospective
MoSCoWed User Stories
Daily
Checks
Deployable software
Improvements
The Agile Main Tenets
Individuals and
Interactions over
Processes and Tools
Working Software
over Documentation
Customer / Owner
Collaboration over
Contract / Specification Negotiation
Responding to Change
over Following a
Plan
Agile breaks if the team isn’t in one location
Working environment
Keep going!
If you're going through
hell, keep going :
Winston Churchill
Collaboration enablers
Details of the new working practices
▪ Synchronous way of working, offshore now an extension of onshore
▪ Common development and testing practices used between customer and Mastek delivery teams
▪ Increased Communication between the onshore/offshore teams
▪ Intimacy of engagement increased due to regular face-2-face interactions using Video chat
▪ Quick understanding and adoption of each organisation’s cultural differences to ensure a harmonious working environment
▪ Advantages of “Follow the sun”
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Action..
"You may never know what results
come of your actions, but if you do
nothing, there will be no results.“
"Action expresses priorities.“
- Gandhi
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Early days…