Case Study 1: Blue Cloud Gets Agile BUSI 504 Leading Organizational Change Liberty University Spring 2015 – Session B Abstract This paper will analyze the implementation process of Agile into a Blue Cloud Development by CEO Shel Skinner. The case discussion will answer what the trigger event was that led Shel Skinner to adopt Agile; evaluate the change implementation steps followed by Skinner; the behavioral changes that are required of Agile; the variation of employee feedback regarding
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The management should introduce adoption of Agile UCD methodologies by bringing to light its business advantages like delivery of economic‚ usable‚ quality software with an accelerated time-to-market. Understanding the process advantages by reduction in risks of bottlenecks‚ negligible rework requirements‚ reduced documentation and smooth integration process‚ increased productivity and simplicity would promote the adoption of Agile UCD much rapidly. It should be clarified that UCD is a design process
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The case describes issues related to supply chain quality and how they evolve in the context of a multi-tiered global supply chain. The case involves a global multi-tier automotive supply chain made up of one of the world’s largest automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)‚ its tier 1 supplier that is also a U.S.-based global corporation and the tier 2‚ tier 3 and tier 4 suppliers based in India. With Automek’s engineering support‚ Agile had developed many parts successfully for the OEM
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1Agile Manifesto” in which they defined a set of principles [68] Table 2.1 Agile Manifesto Agile Manifesto ID Description M1 Satisfying the client via immediate and uninterrupted delivery of software is our utmost priority. M2 Welcome varying requirements‚ even at maturity level of development. M3 Deliver functioning software normally‚ 1with a preference to the shorter timescale. M4 Professional people and developers must be functioning together daily to throughout the project. M5 Build projects
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ABSuite Agile Business Suite is integrated into the Microsoft Visual Studio environment and leverages the features of Visual Studio to provide a highly productive development environment. It is based on high-level specification of the business model‚ capability to deploy complete applications‚ and the flexibility to easily adapt the model. It helps in evolving business needs and changes in user environments. Agile Business Suite allows you to build business solutions that include both Agile Business
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Impact of agile services on competitiveness The hypothesis H10 i.e.‚ Agile Services is positively associated with competitiveness is supported. Competitiveness is measured as responding to customer needs better than competitors‚ introducing new services and entering new markets faster than the competitors. This has led to growth in revenue of the company higher than sector average and improvement in market share. The hypothesis H110‚ that environmental turbulence positively moderates the link between
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The 9 Laws for Building an Agile Marketing Team Your marketing team have a weekly brainstorming session yet delivering results have been slow. You have conducted massive strategy sessions‚ but implementing the tactics have cost you considerable time. You have a number of projects to complete‚ but you are time crunched. Is there a better and more efficient solution to these marketing woes? Yes. Agile Marketing. You need to move toward faster time to revenue for each project‚ make meetings more
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Agile Project Development at Intel: A Scrum Odyssey by Pat Elwer‚ Intel Corporation Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Santa Clara‚ Calif. www.intel.com Contributors included Tim Gallagher‚ Intel Corporation; Katie Playfair‚ Danube Technologies‚ Inc.; Dan Rawsthorne‚ Danube Technologies‚ Inc.; and Michael James‚ Danube Technologies‚ Inc. ABSTRACT In the microprocessor industry‚ the product development engineering (PDE) group Founded: 1968 exists to provide the test collateral
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Blue‚ the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania [PA] reversed the decision of the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas that had entered an order requiring a father to contribute $4‚600 a year towards his son’s college expenses. In addition to the award of support‚ the trial court had mandated that the son apply for financial aid to compensate for the difference in the tuition costs. The Court recognized in Blue that even though it was not a typical issue of
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elsevier.com/locate/infsof Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review ˚ Tore Dyba *‚ Torgeir Dingsøyr SINTEF ICT‚ S.P. Andersensv. 15B‚ NO-7465 Trondheim‚ Norway Received 22 October 2007; received in revised form 22 January 2008; accepted 24 January 2008 Abstract Agile software development represents a major departure from traditional‚ plan-based approaches to software engineering. A systematic review of empirical studies of agile software development up to and including
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