Agile in Turbulent Times – A Two-Part Webinar Series presented by Rally Software

• Part 1: Proving the Financial Impact of Agile 
• Part 2: Making Agile Work for Your Bottom Line

Join Rally Software for this two-part webinar series on the proven ROI of Agile practices in these turbulent economic times. Learn how to quantify the benefits of Agile practices including faster time to market, increased productivity and higher quality. Find out where to expect significant cost savings and revenue increases, and get a toolkit for making the economic case for Agile adoption. If you’re worried about your company’s viability, your team’s success or your own job security, you won’t want to miss this webinar series.

Part 1: Proving the Financial Impact of Agile

Date:

Wednesday, December 10^th 2008

Time:

10am PT / 11am MT / 1pm ET

Speakers:

Michael Mah, Managing Partner, QSMA
Jack Yang, Director of Engineering, HomeAway
Evan Campbell, VP of Professional Services, Rally Software

In an August 2008 report, third-party research firm QSM Associates (QSMA) assessed the performance of 29 Agile development projects against a database of 7,500 primarily traditional development projects in three key areas: productivity, time-to-market and quality. The results were that Agile teams were 37% faster to market and 16% more productive.

• Join QSMA Senior Analyst Michael Mah to understand the financial returns that Agile delivers and learn how to quantify the benefits of Agile practices in your organization.
• Jack Yang, Director of Engineering, will share insights from HomeAway’s Agile implementation experience. 
• And Evan Campbell, Rally’s VP of Professional Services, will discuss how to deliver and measure value while eliminating the risk of costly project failures.

This webinar not only provides metrics from Agile organizations versus their waterfall counterparts, it also offers up a framework for measuring your own Agile initiatives.

Part 2: Making Agile Work for Your Bottom Line

Date:

Wednesday, December 17^th 2008

Time:

10am PT / 11am MT / 1pm ET

Speakers:

Tom Grant, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research
Ryan Martens, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Rally Software

The recent economic downturn has magnified already-growing pressures on development teams. Meeting the bottom line requires making good design decisions, delivering on time, and increasing the predictability of development—all good reasons to move to Agile development. But what are the sorts of projects that are most likely to maximize Agile benefits while minimizing the costs? Picking the right starting point will not only bring the benefits of Agile development earlier, but also make it easier to demonstrate these benefits to stakeholders in your organization.

Join Forrester Senior Analyst, Tom Grant, and Rally Software Founder and CTO, Ryan Martens, for this can’t-miss discussion. You will: Learn where to expect the maximum productivity benefits and cost savings while implementing Agile, and Discover which projects will have the most impact on your organization’s bottom line.