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Founder and Chief Scientist of iTKO LISA, an automated SOA software testing and virtualization company. John has more than 15 years of high-level enterprise development experience, as a chief architect of development teams and as an executive in designing, developing, and managing large-scale, object-oriented solutions in traditional and network architectures. He is the chief architect of iTKO's LISA automated testing and virtualization product, and a leading industry advocate for software quality, with several published articles and speaking appearances at technology conferences under his belt.
Zach Nies brings close to 20 years of engineering and product development experience to Rally’s innovative products. Prior to joining Rally, Zach served as Principal Architect and Director of Systems Architecture for Level 3 Communications and founded a small start up which was quickly acquired by the publicly traded Creo, Inc, now a division of Kodak. He also served as Chief Software Architect at Quark, where he provided the overarching technological vision for the company. Zach’s product vision has won numerous industry awards, including Jolt Product Excellence awards, Seybold HotPicks and the prized MacWorld Best of Show. Zach has served on standards bodies such as the W3C's HTML working group and currently serves on the board of directors for Agile Denver.
At the age of 13, Zach began commercially publishing software and, at age 16, started a successful consulting business. A Boettcher Scholar, Zach received his BS with distinction in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He spends his spare time tuning his golf swing and spending time with his family.
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Rally Perspective
Zach Nies – Rally Software
₋ Vice President, Products
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Rally – The #1 Agile Provider
∙ #1 On-Demand Tool
₋ 900 customers, 20,000 projects and 35,000 users across 50 countries
and three-time JOLT Product Excellence awards
₋ Preferred provider for the large enterprise by Trail Ridge Consulting independent survey in 2007
∙ #1 Training Services for Agility
₋ World’s largest source for Agile training with 90 expert trainers and
2,500 students trained
₋ Leading the forefront of Agile knowledge – more than 100,000 downloads of white papers, articles and webinars
∙ #1 Community for Collaboration
₋ Largest online community dedicated to advancing all aspects of software agility with more than 3,300 members
₋ Industry-disrupting Rally User Community includes a product backlog
that is prioritized by customers
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Thesis and Agenda
∙ Software can be delivered faster, with higher
quality, when automation and lean thinking are
applied to the development cycle.
∙ Agenda₋ Cycles and Feedback – Lessons from Lean
₋ Short, Time-Boxed Development
₋ Automation and Visibility
Cycles and Feedback
Lessons from Lean
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Improving Cycle Times
∙ Limit work to capacity
∙ Even out the arrival of work
∙ Minimize the number of Things-in-Process
∙ Minimize the size of the Things-in-Process
∙ Establish a regular cadence
∙ Use pull scheduling
Poppendieck, Mary and Tom. “Managing the Pipeline.” Poppendieck.LLC. 7 Oct 2007.