Projects
Agile Scrum for Business/Technology
Project Detail
Client: Principal Financial Group®
Business Area: Product Development
Opportunity: Expand an Agile approach from pure IT projects to cross-functional product development efforts
Approach:
- Conducted “orientation to Agile” for business and IT leaders
- Leaders from IT and the Business met to design the process:
- Team size and composition
- Systems and tools (JIRA configuration)
- Feature prioritization and selection norms
- Scaled framework to manage inter-dependent teams
- Team work areas and visual metrics
- Trained team members in Agile concepts and their roles
- Launched Agile Scrum teams with a new product development project
Results:
- Created integrated teams with business and IT roles that align to deliver better new products to market faster
