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THOUGHTWORKS JEZ HUMBLE’S BOOK CONTINUOUS DELIVERY RECOGNIZED WITH JOLT EXCELLENCE AWARD

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:30:09 +0000

Continuous Delivery named top book of the year by software development editors and industry experts

CHICAGO, Sept., 29, 2011 - ThoughtWorks, Inc. (www.thoughtworks.com) the global leader in enterprise Agile development services, today announced that Jez Humble and David Farley's book, Continuous Delivery, has been awarded the Jolt Excellence Award, given to the top software development book of the year. Released in 2010, Continuous Delivery is recognized as one of the most important industry books to be published, as enterprises work to extend the benefits of Lean and Agile methods beyond small teams and through the entire development and delivery lifecycle.

"I have reviewed many books as part of my work on the Jolt Awards, but it's been a very long time since I have read a book as useful and likely game-changing as Continuous Delivery," said Andrew Binstock, editor-in-chief of Dr. Dobb's Journal. "I have literally never read a better book on process. I believe that going forward, Continuous Delivery will redefine Agile process and Continuous Integration (CI); and it will have as much influence as Martin Fowler's book on Refactoring did on code."

Jolt Awards are given to products, books and web sites that have "Jolted" the industry by helping to create faster, easier and more efficient software. The Awards are judged by a respected panel of Dr. Dobb's Journal editors, expert advisers and columnists. This year's judges reviewed 15 titles from an original list of 51 nominations. In addition, Domain-Specific Languages, by ThoughtWorks' Martin Fowler with Rebecca Parsons, was a Jolt Award finalist. To read the full article highlighting the books that received a Jolt Award, please visit: (http://drdobbs.com/JOLTawards/231500080).

Continuous Delivery, (Addison- Wesley Signature Series, Foreword by Martin Fowler, co-authors Jez Humble and David Farley), explains how delivering software to users can be a painful, risky and time-consuming process. It outlines the principles and technical practices that enable rapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality through the automation of the build, deployment and testing process. The book represents the culmination and collective experience gathered from large-scale enterprise Agile engagements conducted by ThoughtWorks' professional services teams. To review or order Continuous Delivery please visit: (www.informit.com/title/0321601912).

About ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing Agile-based systems development, consulting and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. It has pioneered many of the most advanced and successful Agile methods of software development and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps its clients maximize investment and performance across a portfolio of complex, business-critical applications, while reducing time and risk. Its products division, ThoughtWorks Studios, offers tools to manage the entire Agile development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM^TM suite, comprised of Mingle^®, Go^{^TM} and Twist^®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,700 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more information please visit: (www.thoughtworks.com).

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THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS’ CHAD WATHINGTON AND ETHAN TENG TO OUTLINE FIVE PRACTICES OF AGILE ALM DURING FREE WEBINAR

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:10:52 +0000

WHO: Chad Wathington

VP Product Development

Ethan Teng

Product Manager

ThoughtWorks Studios

ThoughtWorks Studios, a division of the Agile consultancy, ThoughtWorks, Inc., offers Agile ALM products and training, as well as tools, coaching and experience to help companies realize the full potential of Agile-based development in the enterprise.

WHAT: Chad Wathington and Ethan Teng, co-authors (along with managing direct Cyndi Mitchell) of the white paper Agile ALM: Redefining ALM with Five Key Practices, will outline an entirely new and modern approach to Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) that helps IT organizations meet increasing customer expectations and quickly adapt to competitive pressures through the design, development and Continuous Delivery of high quality software. While traditional ALM-applied tools enforce pre-defined standardized processes, ThoughtWorks sees Agile ALM as the application of tools to support people and the processes that best suit the way they actually work when creating great software. This webinar outlines the five key organizational practices of Agile ALM, and describes how organizations that keep these practices in the forefront of all software delivery activities will reap the benefits in increased agility.

Interested participants in the webinar are encouraged to download a complimentary copy of the white paper prior to the event at: http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/resources/white-papers.

To register for the webinar please visit: http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/agile-webinars.

WHEN: July 27th, 2011 at 8 a.m. (Pacific) / 11 a.m. (Eastern) / 4 p.m. (London)

INFO: For more information, or to arrange an interview with Mr. Wathington or Mr. Teng, please contact Christie Denniston at (303) 581-7760, ext. 13, or via email at cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

THOUGHTWORKS LEADS AGILE DEVELOPMENT ADOPTION IN SOUTH AMERICA AS DEMAND FOR IT SERVICES IN BRAZIL GROWS

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:27:23 +0000

IT clients in North America see near-shore advantages in language, skills and time-zone proximity, while Brazilian development organizations look to scale Agile practices

27 June 2011 - Porto Alegre, Brazil - ThoughtWorks, Inc. (www.thoughtworks.com), the global leader in enterprise Agile development services, today announced two thought leadership events in Brazil featuring Agile expert Jim Highsmith and the continued demand for its Brazil-based software development services from IT organizations in both North and South America. ThoughtWorks' opened its first office in Brazil in 2009 and has experienced continued growth as the use of "near-shore" IT services based here increases due to a highly skilled talent base, convenient time zone proximity and travel accessibility via overnight flights from the United States.

"As we reach the mid-point of 2011, we are extremely encouraged by the increasing demand for IT services delivered from Brazil and the continued adoption of Agile-based methods within the local software development community," said Gary DeGregorio, South America market principal for ThoughtWorks. "We are excited to welcome industry luminary Jim Highsmith to Brazil and to have him engage with both practitioners and IT executives during the Agile Brazil 2011 conference and the ThoughtWorks Executive Forum we are co-hosting in Sao Paulo with Locaweb."

Highsmith will deliver his presentation: Adaptive Leadership: Accelerating Organizational Agility, on June 28 at an invitation-only executive event co-sponsored with Locaweb at the Grand Hyatt Sao Paulo. This inaugural event kicks off an on-going series of ThoughtWorks Executive Technology Briefings designed for Brazilian CIOs, CTOs and IT Directors. To request an invitation to this event please send an email to info-br@thoughtworks.com. Highsmith also will deliver the presentation during a keynote on Wed., June 29 at Agile Brazil 2011 (http://www.agilebrazil.com/2011/en/).

"In 2007, Locaweb started working with Agile methods as a way to adapt faster and more adequately to growing complexity and changes in the market," said Joaquim Torres, director, product development and product management at Locaweb." As one of the largest Agile shops in Brazil, we are excited to co-sponsor Jim Highsmith's presentation in São Paulo. We want to help other companies learn more about Agile from one of the co-authors of the Agile Manifesto and a leader in developing advanced best practices."

ThoughtWorks, Agile and Brazil

Brazil is one of the few countries that has managed to prosper during the recession, virtually unscathed by the economic downturn that rocked financial markets in 2008. Brazil also is the fifth largest nation with respect to land mass, and has always had a historical presence in the IT industry, with approximately 2 million people currently working in the technology sector. While the cost benefit of near-shoring to Brazil is less than Asia, Brazilian IT costs are still favorable when compared to North America.

With its office located in the TECNOPUC Technology Innovation Park on the campus of Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, ThoughtWorks now employs 100 technologists with an additional 20-40 consultants expected to join the company by the end of 2011. Globally, the firm points to several factors that make Brazil well suited to deliver quality IT services, including a vibrant and growing economy, a commitment to open source software, strong English language skills, outstanding talent and close proximity within the Western Hemisphere. The region also is embracing Agile software methods, with the Brazilian IT community being the leader in South America for adopting and scaling Agile in the enterprise.

"Companies throughout Brazil are looking for better ways to obtain and contract for high-quality IT services, and to build lasting relationships that will solve their problems and add value to the business," said Dr. Rafael Prikladnicki, professor, researcher and Director of the Technology Management Agency at PUCRS, coach and instructor on Agile Methods and distributed development. "In this scenario, lean and Agile approaches fit quite well and the Brazilian IT industry has learned much from ThoughtWorks as we improve the way we do business, make changes and add value."

The ThoughtWorks Brazil office is an important part of the firm's strategic growth plan, which includes continued support for software excellence by expanding its global footprint into economic regions beyond its existing operations in North and South America, Europe, India, China and Australia. Brazil is important due to the country's wealth of highly skilled information technology workers, its commitment to the advancement of emerging technologies, such as dynamic languages, and its support for the advancement of open source software. The ThoughtWorks Porto Alegre office supports the local market, marrying large enterprise application development capabilities with personalized, small-company service.

"ThoughtWorks has played a significant role in evolving the way we develop and deliver software using Agile methods within a very complex and dynamic environment," said Ricardo Sazima, head of development for digital products at Editora Abril, South America's leading publisher with more than 80 dedicated portals. "Continuously improving the customer experience across all of our content websites is critical to our growth and success, and ThoughtWorks has helped us achieve these goals through its professionalism, hard work and experience."

About Locaweb

Locaweb is the leader in web hosting and services for Brazil and Latin America, according to IDC LA IT Services 2009 Report. The company has more than 220,000 clients and 600,000 domains hosted, including partnerships with more than 17,000 web professionals. Three main business areas include: software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). For more information please visit (www.locaweb.com.br).

About ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing Agile-based systems development, consulting and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. It has pioneered many of the most advanced and successful Agile methods of software development and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps its clients maximize investment and performance across a portfolio of complex, business-critical applications, while reducing time and risk. Its products division, ThoughtWorks Studios, offers tools to manage the entire Agile development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM^TM suite, comprised of Mingle®, Go^TM and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,700 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. For more information please visit: (www.thoughtworks.com).

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THOUGHTWORKS ROLLS OUT AGILE FUNDAMENTALS AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY WORKSHOPS IN THE U.K. AND PARIS

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:54:31 +0000

Leaders in Agile software development expand popular workshop series

CHICAGO AND LONDON, June 20, 2011 - ThoughtWorks, Inc. (www.thoughtworks.com), the global leader in enterprise Agile development services, and its product division, ThoughtWorks Studios, today announced the availability of the Agile Fundamentals for Leaders and Continuous Delivery for DevOps workshops in the U.K. (Manchester and London) and Paris. Part of the ThoughtWorks Learning workshops and knowledge series, both events provide hands-on, experience-based tutorials designed to help enterprise IT customers adopt, scale and succeed using Agile methods.

Agile Fundamentals for Leaders

(http://www.thoughtworks.com/events/agile-fundamentals-leaders)

Manchester, U.K. - June 24

Paris - July 1

London - July 11

Agile Fundamentals for Leaders provides not just the vocabulary of Agile, but the core understandings and concepts behind the terms. Participants will gain a solid understanding of the values, principles and practices that have led Agile software development to become a strategic initiative for today's software-driven organizations. Based on years of direct experience helping global customers succeed with Agile, the workshop is designed to help technology leaders make informed decisions and develop winning strategies that are best suited for their organization. It is a must-attend event for leaders in IT that are looking to develop and deploy higher quality software with more predictable results.

Continuous Delivery for DevOps

(http://www.thoughtworks.com/events/thoughtworks-continuous-delivery-devops)

Manchester, U.K. - June 23

Paris - June 30

London - July 25

ThoughtWorks has pioneered many of today's best practices for Agile development and these one-day workshops highlight how Continuous Delivery and DevOps are helping IT organizations deliver software value faster and with more predictability. Continuous Delivery for DevOps provides the organizational principles and practices that enable businesses to keep software production-ready throughout the application lifecycle, so it can be released on-demand with a single click. The practices help close the gap between development (applications/software engineering teams), technology operations (release managers) and quality assurance (testing and QA managers). The workshops highlight the importance of fast feedback throughout the delivery process, how to improve collaboration between people involved in delivering software, principles and practices that enable continuous deployment, how to automate testing and deployment, how to manage continuous delivery with large and distributed teams, and strategies to transform an organization's delivery process to enable continuous delivery.

Both workshops are available to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. To register please follow the links above.

About ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing Agile-based systems development, consulting and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. It has pioneered many of the most advanced and successful Agile methods of software development and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps its clients maximize investment and performance across a portfolio of complex, business-critical applications, while reducing time and risk. Its products division, ThoughtWorks Studios, offers tools to manage the entire Agile development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM^TM suite, comprised of Mingle®, Go^TM and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,700 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more information please visit: (www.thoughtworks.com).

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THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS DEFINES AGILE ALM IN NEW WHITE PAPER

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:14:25 +0000

Five key organizational practices make up Agile ALM

SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, June 7, 2011 - ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today released a new white paper - Agile ALM: Redefining ALM with Five Key Practices. The paper outlines an entirely new and modern approach to Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) that helps IT organizations meet increasing customer expectations and quickly adapt to competitive pressures through the design, development and Continuous Delivery of high quality software.

To download a complimentary copy of the white paper please visit: (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/user/register&destination=resource_whitepapers/whitepaper/download/redefining_alm).

"The impact and reach of Agile software methodologies now spans the entire application lifecycle, making the use of traditional ALM tools and processes counter-productive for organizations moving to a more rapid and incremental build, test and release cycle," said Cyndi Mitchell, managing director for ThoughtWorks Studios and co-author of the white paper. "Thispaper draws on the collective experience of both ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios to provide five strategic building blocks IT executives can use to bridge Agile principles into ALM."

While traditional ALM-applied tools enforce pre-defined standardized processes, ThoughtWorks sees Agile ALM as the application of tools to support people and the processes that best suit the way they actually work when creating great software. The white paper outlines five key organizational practices of Agile ALM, and describes how organizations that keep these practices in the forefront of all software delivery activities will reap the benefits in increased agility.

In addition to co-authors Cyndi Mitchell, Chad Wathington and Ethan Teng, ThoughtWorks' luminariesMartin Fowler, Jim Highsmith and Jez Humble provide an introductory overview into each of the five practices for Agile ALM:

Evolve Process Definition

Agile ALM recognizes that the most effective process for any software initiative cannot be defined up-front; it must be continuously discovered, evolved and refined over time.

Embrace Heterogeneity

Agile ALM embraces the fact that every software project is different. Just as processes cannot be completely defined up-front, they also cannot be completely standardized across all teams.

Build the Right Thing

Organizations that focus on building the right thing over managing the lifecycle of artifacts create software that is more exciting and useful to their end users and customers. Agile ALM embeds customers and business people into the day-to-day activities of software teams.

Practice Continuous Delivery

Agile ALM continuously delivers a few features every couple ofdays or weeks, instead of a bunch of features once a quarter. Practicing Continuous Delivery ensures that the path to production is clear, kinks in the release process are ironed out early and predictability becomes the norm.

Orchestrate, Don't Manage

Agile ALM calls upon company leaders and managers to become orchestrators by making sure the work being done is aligned with business goals, removing obstacles, fixing bad projects, understanding the portfolio, and helping to spread best-practices across teams.

To download a free copy of Agile ALM: Redefining ALM with Five Key Practices, and to see the entire ThoughtWorks Studios library of Agile-focused white papers please visit: (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/user/register&destination=resource_whitepapers/whitepaper/download/redefining_alm).

About ThoughtWorks Studios

ThoughtWorks Studios provides Agile ALM products and training. A division of the Agile consultancy, ThoughtWorks, Inc., it offers the tools, coaching and experience to help companies realize the full potential of Agile-based development in the enterprise. Its Adaptive ALM^TM suite, Mingle^® (Agile project management), Twist^® (Agile test automation) and Go^TM (Agile release management/DevOps), helps organizations manage and automate the application lifecycle through an adaptive approach that supports people and processes. Its Agile Workshops deliver training for all facets of Agile ALM practices. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. For more information, please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

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THOUGHTWORKS JEZ HUMBLE AND MARTIN FOWLER TO PRESENT FULL-DAY TUTORIAL ON CONTINUOUS DELIVERY AT BETTER SOFTWARE CONFERENCE 2011

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:43:50 +0000

Fowler and Humble to present practical, useful methods to capitalize on new business opportunities and create a competitive business advantage

WHO: Jez Humble

ThoughtWorks Studios

(www.thoughtworks-studios.com)

Humble is the author of the highly acclaimed book, Continuous Delivery, and is the build and release principal for ThoughtWorks Studios where he leads the design and development of its Agile release management product, Go^TM.

Martin Fowler

Fowler is the Chief Scientist at ThoughtWorks. He concentrates on designing enterprise software, looking at what practices are needed to come up with and make a good design

WHAT: Tutorial

Continuous Delivery with a Rapid Deployment Pipeline

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. (Pacific)

To capitalize on new business opportunities and create a competitive advantage, businesses need to rapidly deliver compelling new features to their customers and users-all the while ensuring that software releases are robust and well-tested. Fowler and Humble will discuss how developers can organize development processes to deliver features rapidly and reliably through a surprising pattern of build-deploy-test-release they call the rapid deployment pipeline. After introducing the value and principles of Continuous Delivery, the presenters will explain the deployment pipeline in detail-starting from the end goal of release, moving back through testing, then back to deployment and development practices. Along the way they will discuss how to improve collaboration and feedback to speed up delivery. Fowler and Humble will then dive into the Continuous Delivery ecosystem and explore ways to manage the components, data and infrastructure needed to implement Continuous Delivery. Importantly, they cover the transformation many teams and organizations must make to roll out a successful rapid deployment pipeline.

WHERE: Better Software Conference

Caesars Palace

Las Vegas, NV

CONTACT: For more information or to set up an interview with any of the speakers listed above, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR 303-581-7760, ext. 13 or (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).

NEW ‘THOUGHTWORKS LEARNING’ ROADSHOWS, TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE HELP ACCELERATE AGILE ADOPTION AND SUCCESS

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:58:34 +0000

Software and IT organizations can tap a range of training and experienced-based knowledge from ThoughtWorks' leaders in enterprise Agile application development

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2011 - ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today announced ThoughtWorks Learning^{^TM}, a comprehensive offering of private and public workshops, and rich resource materials that have been developed during the past decade by industry experts at ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios. As part of the offering, ThoughtWorks Studios will offer its first schedule of publicly available ThoughtWorks Learning Live!^{^TM}workshops starting in June in Austin, Texas. Additional workshops will be delivered throughout the remainder of 2011 in London, Paris, Manchester, Boston, Minneapolis, St. Paul, San Francisco and other selected cities (to learn more please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

"ThoughtWorks Learning combines all of the in-person training and content-based knowledge that ThoughtWorks has developed during the past decade to help organizations adopt and sustain success using Agile-based methodologies," said Adam Monago, vice president, client services at ThoughtWorks Studios. "I am very excited to offer our high-impact Agile workshops via public registration and to have our first schedule of open enrollment roadshows scheduled in Austin in June."

Software developers, managers, analysts, testers and executives now have a single resource to obtain a range of useful information and educational offerings that have been "road-tested" and tuned to help software organizations become more efficient and productive when adopting and scaling Agile-based development methods.

The offering includes:

ThoughtWorks Learning Live!: Private and Public workshops - these workshops provide highly useful, practical and original training content for organizations looking to advance Agile practices. Taught by ThoughtWorks' experts, ThoughtWorks Learning Live! is available through both private, on-site delivery or through public registration courses in select major cities throughout the year. All courses help development teams work more effectively by addressing the current stage of an organization's transition and the state of each area of a team's practice. The courses, ranging from introductory to advanced-level topics, are designed for software delivery teams, programmers, testers, engineers, project managers and business executives.
ThoughtWorks Learning Resources: ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios continue to develop useful content for all levels of expertise and areas of interest in software development. Now, together with existing discussions and content from the ThoughtWorks Community site, a single-source of white papers, books, best practices such as games (Planning Poker and Facilitation Patterns) and educational resources such as graphic posters are available to help organizations of all sizes and types achieve Agile success. To review and download free expert content please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

The initial workshops scheduled for June include: Agile Fundamentals (June 6-7) and Agile Business Analytics (June 8-10). Additional workshops will be added as the program expands into new cities, including Agile Project Management, Agile Leadership, Agile Development Practices, Amazon Web Services, Automated Functional Testing and Continuous Delivery. To review the course calendar and abstracts, meet the instructors and register please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

About ThoughtWorks Learning

ThoughtWorks Learning focuses on sharing the fundamentals needed to overcome challenges, evolve and succeed with Agile development methodologies. It provides information and training related to software design, engineering, testing and release management that is based on real-world experience. The offerings help organizations extend the benefits of Agile beyond small teams, avoid common pitfalls, breakthrough "improvement plateaus" and continuously improve and modify methods that will best meet its needs. For more information please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

About ThoughtWorks Studios

ThoughtWorks Studios provides Agile ALM products and training. A division of the Agile consultancy ThoughtWorks, Inc.^®, it offers the tools, coaching and experience to help companies realize the full potential of Agile-based development in the enterprise. Its Adaptive ALM^{^TM} suite, Mingle^® (Agile project management), Twist^® (Agile test automation) and Go^{^TM} (Agile release management/DevOps), helps organizations manage and automate the application lifecycle through an adaptive approach that supports people and processes. Its Agile Workshops deliver training for all facets of Agile ALM practices. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. For more information, please visit (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com).

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TWO-DAY ‘THOUGHTWORKS LIVE’ EVENT PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO VALUE OF CONTINUOUS DELIVERY AND DEVOPS

Wed, 18 May 2011 17:36:12 +0000

Industry experts from ThoughtWorks and Forrester Research join senior IT executives to discuss practical approaches to eliminate "the last mile" of Agile ALM

CHICAGO AND LONDON, May 18, 2011 - ThoughtWorks (www.thoughtworks.com), the global leader in enterprise Agile development services, and its product division, ThoughtWorks Studios, today announced the opening of ThoughtWorks Live, a two-day, invitation-only event focused on how IT organizations can implement Continuous Delivery and emerging DevOps practices to enable rapid, incremental delivery of high-value software. ThoughtWorks luminaries, including Martin Fowler, Jez Humble and Cyndi Mitchell, will join Forrester Research's Dave West and senior IT executives from Expedia and Statoil, to present experience-based information that will help attendees extend the value of Agile methods throughout the entire application delivery lifecycle.

"ThoughtWorks helped pioneer many of today's best practices for Agile development and the ThoughtWorks Live event will highlight how Continuous Delivery and DevOps are helping IT organizations deliver software value faster and with more predictability," said Mitchell, managing director of ThoughtWorks Studios and the host of the event. "Continuous Delivery provides the organizational principles and practices to enable businesses to keep software production-ready throughout the application lifecycle, so it can be released on-demand with a single click."

As outlined in Jez Humble's ground-breaking book, Continuous Delivery, getting software released to users is often a painful, risky and time-consuming process. Through automation of the build, deployment and testing process - and improved collaboration between developers, testers and operations - delivery teams can get new software released in a matter of hours, sometimes even minutes, no matter the project size or the complexity of the code base. Continuous Delivery helps IT leaders break down the silos that segregate business, development, testing and operations, to create a culture of collaboration, agility and discovery across the entire IT organization.

The ThoughtWorks Live conferences allow business and IT leaders to discuss and share experiences around the latest trends in the software industry. This event, focused on Continuous Delivery and DevOps, includes the following presentations:

Introduction to Continuous Delivery & Adaptive Leadership: Accelerating Organizational Agility - Cyndi Mitchell, Managing Director, ThoughtWorks Studios
Done Agile. What Next? - Dave West, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Implementing Beyond Budgeting-Unlocking the Performance Potential - Bjarte Bogsnes, VP-Performance Management Development, Statoil
Case Study: Scott Durchslog, President, Expedia
Implementing Continuous Delivery - Jez Humble, Build and Release Principal, ThoughtWorks Studios and Martin Fowler, Chief Scientist, ThoughtWorks
Keynote - Roy Singham, Founder and Chairman, ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios continue to help enterprise IT organizations reap the full benefit of Agile development methodologies. ThoughtWorks offers dedicated development and consulting services, including Continuous Delivery, to a global customer base of software-driven organizations. ThoughtWorks Studios provides a complete suite of Agile ALM solutions, including Mingle (Agile project management), Twist (Agile test automation) and Go, its release management platform that automates the "last mile" of the Agile ALM process and enables Continuous Delivery by facilitating collaboration between developers, testers and IT operations.

ThoughtWorks Studios also today unveiled a new version of its Go^TM Agile release management product that enables Continuous Delivery. Go 2.2 includes complete end-to-end ALM traceability - from deployments all the way back to source code and requirements - through an advanced integration with the Mingle project management solution. This provides the ability to generate release notes automatically, and see which stories have been completed between builds or deployments. Go 2.2 also provides a state of-the-art configuration interface for managing large and distributed installations. Also, the free Go Community Edition no longer requires a license so teams can now download, install and get up and running in seconds.

For more information about ThoughtWorks services please visit (www.thoughtworks.com). For more information about ThoughtWorks Studios products and workshops please visit (www.thoughtworks-studios.com).

About ThoughtWorks Studios

ThoughtWorks Studios provides Agile ALM products and training. A division of the Agile consultancy ThoughtWorks, Inc., it offers the tools, coaching and experience to help companies realize the full potential of Agile-based development in the enterprise. Its Adaptive ALM^TM suite, Mingle^® (Agile project management), Twist^® (Agile test automation) and Go^TM (Agile release management/DevOps), helps organizations manage and automate the application lifecycle through an adaptive approach that supports people and processes. Its Agile Workshops deliver training for all facets of Agile ALM practices. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. For more information, please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

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THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS’ JEZ HUMBLE AND TOM SULSTON TO ADDRESS KEY ISSUES IN DEVOPS AT UPCOMING GOTO CONFERENCE

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:54:27 +0000

THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS' JEZ HUMBLE AND TOM SULSTON TO ADDRESS KEY ISSUES IN DEVOPS AT UPCOMING GOTO CONFERENCE

Presentations to outline key principles of Continuous Delivery and explain the technical practices that enable rapid incremental delivery of high quality, valuable software

WHO: Jez Humble
ThoughtWorks Studios
(www.thoughtworks-studios.com)

Humble is co-author of the highly acclaimed book, Continuous Delivery, and product manager of Go^TM, ThoughtWorks Studios' breakthrough product for enterprise Agile release management.

Tom Sulston
ThoughtWorks
(www.thoughtworks.com)

Sulston is a consultant with ThoughtWorks in the build and release space. He is the host of the DevOps track at GOTO.

WHAT: "Continuous Delivery" - May 9, 2011 - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Jez Humble and Tom Sulston)

Getting software released to users is often a painful, risky and time-consuming process. Humble and Sulston will lay out the principles and technical practices that enable rapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality to users. Through automation of the build, deployment and testing process, and improved collaboration between developers, testers and operations, delivery teams can get changes released in a matter of hours-sometimes even minutes-no matter the size of a project or the complexity of its code base.

"Remediation Patterns - How to Achieve Low Risk Releases" - May 11, 2011 - 10:35 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. (Jez Humble)

Deployments gone bad are a leading cause of developers spending their evening or weekend hunched over a terminal instead of outdoors having fun. Humble presents a number of patterns that reduce the risk of releases, including techniques for zero-downtime releases, roll-backs and roll forwards. He also discusses how to build reliable releases into the delivery process using automated provisioning, deployment and smoke testing.

"DevOps Counseling: 10 ways to help your Dev and Ops people resolve their differences and learn to love each other again" - May 11, 2011 - 14:05 p.m. - 15:05 p.m. (Tom Sulston)

One of the practices encouraged by DevOps is the creation of cross-functional delivery teams that contain all of the skills necessary to bring software from concept to production. In the enterprise, unfortunately, development and operations teams have historically been separate groups; each with their own management, reporting, tools, and practices. Bringing these teams closer together involves a clash of cultures & values that can be both disheartening and unhelpful. In this session, I propose my top ten tips for helping development and operations people overcome their differences and start truly collaborating on the practices necessary to create and run great software.

WHERE: GOTO Conference
Radisson Blu Falconer Hotel and Conference Center
Falkoner Alle, 9 - DK-2000
Copenhagen, Denmark

CONTACT: For more information or to schedule an interview with Jez Humble or Tom Sulston, please contact Christie Denniston at 303- 581-7760 or by email at: (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).

NEW ‘THOUGHTWORKS LEARNING’ ROADSHOWS, TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE HELP ACCELERATE AGILE ADOPTION AND SUCCESS

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:19:22 +0000

NEW 'THOUGHTWORKS LEARNING' ROADSHOWS, TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE HELP ACCELERATE AGILE ADOPTION AND SUCCESS

Software and IT organizations can tap a range of training and experienced-based knowledge from ThoughtWorks' leaders in enterprise Agile application development

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2011 - ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today announced ThoughtWorks Learning^TM, a comprehensive offering of private and public workshops, and rich resource materials that have been developed during the past decade by industry experts at ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios. As part of the offering, it also announced its first schedule of publicly available ThoughtWorks Learning Live!^TM workshops that will be held during the month of May in the Dallas metro area, with additional workshops to be delivered in London, Paris, Manchester, Boston, Minneapolis, St. Paul, San Francisco and other selected cities slated throughout the year (to learn more please visit (http://bit.ly/twlearning1)).

"ThoughtWorks Learning combines all of the in-person training and content-based knowledge that ThoughtWorks has developed during the past decade to help organizations adopt and sustain success using Agile-based methodologies," said Adam Monago, vice president, client services at ThoughtWorks Studios. "I am very excited to offer our high-impact Agile Workshops via public registration and to have our first schedule of open enrollment roadshows scheduled in Dallas in May."

The offering includes:

ThoughtWorks Learning Live!: Private and Public workshops - these workshops are recognized as the most useful, practical and original training sessions in the industry. Taught by ThoughtWorks' experts, ThoughtWorks Learning Live! is available through both private, on-site delivery or through public registration courses in select major cities throughout the year. All courses help development teams work more effectively by addressing the current stage of an organization's transition and the state of each area of a team's practice. Each course is highly interactive and infused with real-world experience using Agile in varying domains, roles and levels of expertise. The courses, ranging from introductory to advanced-level topics, are designed for software delivery teams, programmers, testers, engineers, project managers and business executives.
ThoughtWorks Learning Resources: ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios continue to develop useful content for all levels of expertise and areas of interest in software development. Now, together with existing discussions and content from the ThoughtWorks Community site, a single-source of white papers, books, best practices such as games (Planning Poker and Facilitation Patterns) and educational resources such as graphic posters are available to help organizations of all sizes and types achieve Agile success. To review and download free expert content please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1)

As stated, a month-long series of ThoughtWorks Learning Live workshops will be conducted in the Dallas-Fort Worth area throughout May. The workshops include: Agile Fundamentals, Agile Project Management, Agile Leadership, Agile Development Practices, Amazon Web Services, Agile Business Analytics, Automated Functional Testing and Continuous Delivery. To review the course calendar and abstracts, meet the instructors and register please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

About ThoughtWorks Learning
ThoughtWorks Learning focuses on sharing the fundamentals needed to overcome challenges, evolve and succeed with Agile development methodologies. It provides information and training related to software design, engineering, testing and release management that is based on real-world experience. The offerings help organizations extend the benefits of Agile beyond small teams, avoid common pitfalls, breakthrough "improvement plateaus" and continuously improve and modify methods that will best meet its needs. For more information please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

About ThoughtWorks Studios
ThoughtWorks Studios is a global leader in Agile ALM products and training. A division of ThoughtWorks, Inc.®, the pioneer in Agile development and best-practices, it offers the tools, coaching and experience to help companies realize the full potential of Agile development in the enterprise. Its products, Mingle® (Agile project management), Twist® (Agile test automation) and Go^TM (Agile release management), help organizations manage all aspects of the software development lifecycle - from requirements definition and portfolio management to test automation, quality assurance and release management. The company's Agile Workshops provide in-depth training that covers all facets of Agile ALM best practices. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. ThoughtWorks Studios is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

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