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May 18, 2011
NEW VERSION OF THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS ‘GO’ EXTENDS DEVOPS AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY ACROSS APPLICATION LIFECYCLE
Deeper Mingle integration and state-of-the-art configuration interface enables complete traceability from deployment all the way back to requirements
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2011 – ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in Agile ALM products and services, today announced GoTM 2.2, a new version of its Agile release management platform that enables organizations to automate the entire build, test and deployment processes. Go 2.2 includes the ability to trace from deployments back to source code and requirements, and 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 be up and running in seconds.
ThoughtWorks Studios continues to lead the DevOps and Continuous Delivery industry through its thought leadership, real-world implementation experience and innovative product offerings. In conjunction with the Go launch, the company today also is kicking off ThoughtWorks Live, a two-day, invitation-only executive event focused on how IT organizations can implement Continuous Delivery and emerging DevOps practices to enable rapid, incremental delivery of high-value software.
“IT organizations require operations teams to work closely with development and testing to ensure rapid, reliable releases of high quality software,” said Jez Humble, principal at ThoughtWorks Studios and co-author of the breakthrough book, Continuous Delivery. “Go 2.2 provides the traceability and configuration capabilities to implement DevOps and Continuous Delivery effectively, even in large and highly distributed organizations.”
The Go Agile release management platform enables automation of the delivery process, greater collaboration between teams involved in delivering software, and complete traceability of functionality from deployment back to source code and requirements. This enables DevOps and Continuous Delivery by facilitating collaboration between developers, testers and IT operations in large-scale, distributed organizations. Go enables large numbers of continuous integration, testing and production environments to be managed centrally, and provides push-button deployments of software.
New capabilities in Go 2.2 include:
- End-to-end Traceability: Go provides complete traceability, from deployment and source code to requirements. New, deeper integrations with Mingle allow for the automatic generation of release notes, and the ability to see both source code changes and which stories have been completed between builds or deployments. The combination of Go and Mingle represents an unparalleled end-to-end requirements and release management solution.
- State-of-the-Art Configuration Interface: Go eliminates the need to edit configuration files for unrivalled ease of management for large and distributed installations. This further reduces the risk of rapid, large-scale releases through improved visibility and control across the entire delivery process. Configuration files are now version controlled internally within Go.
- License-free Community Edition: The free Go Community Edition is now license-free, making it even easier for teams to get started with DevOps and Continuous Delivery. Just download, install and be up and running in seconds.
Go 2.2 Availability
Go 2.2 is available now as part of the Adaptive ALMTM platform from ThoughtWorks Studios. The Go Community Edition is available as a free download with no license required from the ThoughtWorks Studios website, while the full-version, Go Enterprise, is available via commercial license. For product, download and pricing information please visit (www.thoughtworks-studios.com/go-agile-release-management).
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 ALMTM suite, Mingle® (Agile project management), Twist® (Agile test automation) and GoTM (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.
Media Contact:
Christie Denniston (for North America)
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Mobile: 303-827-5164
TWO-DAY ‘THOUGHTWORKS LIVE’ EVENT PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO VALUE OF CONTINUOUS DELIVERY AND DEVOPS
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 GoTM 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 ALMTM suite, Mingle® (Agile project management), Twist® (Agile test automation) and GoTM (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.
Media Contact:
Christie Denniston (for North America)
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Mobile: 303-827-5164
May 6, 2011
THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS’ JEZ HUMBLE AND TOM SULSTON TO ADDRESS KEY ISSUES IN DEVOPS AT UPCOMING GOTO CONFERENCE
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 GoTM, 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).
April 28, 2011
NEW ‘THOUGHTWORKS LEARNING’ ROADSHOWS, TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE HELP ACCELERATE AGILE ADOPTION AND SUCCESS
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 LearningTM, 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.”
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 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 GoTM (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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cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
April 12, 2011
THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS ONLINE MINGLE USER GROUP TO FEATURE ENTERPRISE CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORIES AND BEST PRACTICES
THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS ONLINE MINGLE USER GROUP TO FEATURE ENTERPRISE CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORIES AND BEST PRACTICES
Mingle users share best practices for managing the hybrid nature of Agile projects
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2011 – ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today announced the Spring 2011 Mingle User Group that will feature presentations from enterprise customers, Rackspace and Sun Guard Global Services, and ThoughtWorks Studios experts Jez Humble and Suzie Prince. The interactive online event is free and will be held on Wed., April 13, 2011, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern. To register please visit: (http://community.thoughtworks.com/posts/e4cb365195).
“Mingle continues to help enterprise customers adopt and scale Agile approaches that evolve in line with the unique needs of each customer organization,” said Cyndi Mitchell, managing director for ThoughtWorks Studios. “The Mingle User Group will provide current and prospective customers an opportunity to learn firsthand how top development organizations are using Mingle to gain the utmost value and performance that Agile methods have to offer.”
Mingle is the Agile project management platform of ThoughtWorks Studios’ Adaptive ALM suite that includes Twist® (Agile test automation) and GoTM (Agile release management). Mingle’s unique ability to manage any Agile method, from Scrum and Lean to “hybrid-Agile,” allows organizations to develop new, innovative development methods while managing existing, legacy processes, including waterfall. This non-prescriptive, adaptive and open approach addresses the realities of IT application development, where a mix of tools and processes are used across the enterprise. Based on more than a decade of Agile innovation from parent company ThoughtWorks, Mingle provides real-time quality metrics within and across projects, and team collaboration capabilities that bridge the gap between business stakeholders, project managers, program managers, development teams and IT operations.
The Mingle User Group will provide best practices and practical tips for using Mingle to manage enterprise Agile projects. The day’s events and presenters include:
- The Road to Continuous Delivery: Mingle at Rackspace: Troy Toman, director of engineering for cloud computing at Rackspace has been partnering with ThoughtWorks on large-scale projects for more than three years. He will walk-through real-world examples of how Mingle enables the leaders in cloud computing to stay a step ahead in the volatile cloud industry while getting to market fast.
- Powerfully Simply: Mingle at SunGard: Michael Green, senior manager at SunGard Global Services serves as a project leader and functional architect for custom and productized financial services applications at SunGard, a Fortune 500 company. Participants will see how Mingle enables the company to successfully deliver with an ROI of 4x and productivity increase of 15 percent.
- Continuous Delivery: Jez Humble, author of “Continuous Delivery” and director at ThoughtWorks Studios will discuss how ensuring quality software is released to users is often a painful, risky and time consuming process. During this presentation, Humble will outline the key principles and technical practices that enable rapid, incremental delivery of high quality and valuable new functionality to users.
- Tips-n-Tricks: Mingle Best Practices for New and Power Users: Suzie Prince, Mingle product manager at ThoughtWorks Studios will share her deep understanding of how to get the most from Mingle for all levels of users.
For complete information and to register for the Mingle User Group online event please visit, (http://community.thoughtworks.com/posts/e4cb365195).
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 (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/www.thoughtworks-studios.com.
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April 8, 2011
THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS RELEASES NEW VERSION OF TWIST FOR IMPROVED AUTOMATED AGILE TESTING
THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS RELEASES NEW VERSION OF TWIST FOR IMPROVED AUTOMATED AGILE TESTING
Twist evolves to maintain functional test suites for increasingly complex test applications
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2011 – ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today announced the latest version of Twist, the company’s automated test solution. New features help development teams release quality software faster through improved support for larger and more complex test suites, and new feedback capabilities that allow teams to build test suites in conjunction with Twist’s refactoring support.
“A key component to a successful Agile ALM strategy is tool support that maintains robust automated regression suites. To that end, analyzing test suites to find duplication and opportunities for improvement is a significant step forward in making the evolution of those test suites easier,” said Chad Wathington, vice president, product development for ThoughtWorks Studios. “Twist’s inherent ease-of-use and new features make it an ideal component for IT organizations looking to expand the scope of Agile beyond small teams and avoid the traditional limitations of manual testing.”
Twist provides an intuitive user experience to create highly robust and reusable test automation frameworks for both manual and functional automated tests. Along with Mingle (Agile project management) and Go (Agile release management), Twist is an integral part of ThoughtWorks Studios’ Agile ALM solution. It provides continuous visibility into testing activities across distributed projects and teams, and supports enterprise Agile projects by combining requirements and test specification managementand creation. Twist provides a reusable, multi-platform testing capability that ensures testing keeps pace with application development through increased visibility and feedback of Agile testing activities throughout the application lifecycle.
“Twist enabled the business to deliver a higher quality product,” said Stuart Taylor, delivery manager for AutoTrader.co.uk, the United Kingdom’s number one automotive website. “Fewer production defects reduced operation costs. Increased confidence in the product’s quality has allowed a higher frequency release schedule that delivers larger pieces of functionality.”
New features in Twist 2.2 include:
- Scenario Analyzer: users can now analyze test suites and identify patterns of test steps that are repeatedly used within a test suite. They can use the existing “extract concept” and “push to implementation” refactoring features to simplify the structure of the test suite.
- Saved Filters: users can now organize tests by saving tag combinations: users can more efficiently manage test suites through improved navigation when reading and maintaining tests.
- Record Multiple Steps: users can now record multiple test steps sequentially in the same recording session, allowing for faster recording while ensuring that tests are recorded at an atomic level, making them easier to maintain than traditional record and playback tools.
- Additional features of Twist 2.2 include:
- Improved usability when creating and maintaining workflow fixtures.
- Auto-complete now available for parameters.
- Visual reporting for contexts.
- Word wrap in scenario editor.
- Concepts now show contextual data.
- Improved usability for refactoring features.
With Twist teams now have the ability to evolve maintainable functional test suites to test complex applications, with tests that are written in the language of business, not code. It is commonly used as a bridge from manual to automated functional testing, and to support the maintenance of large complex test suites.
For more information or to download a free 30-day trial of Twist please visit: (www.thoughtworks-studios.com/twist)
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 (project management), Twist (automated testing) and Go (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 www.thoughtworks-studios.com
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March 28, 2011
THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS’ JEZ HUMBLE TO PRESENT ON CONTINUOUS DELIVERY AT 2011 SELENIUM CONFERENCE
THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS’ JEZ HUMBLE TO PRESENT ON CONTINUOUS DELIVERY AT 2011 SELENIUM CONFERENCE
Humble to share principles for incremental delivery of software projects and the emergence of Continuous Delivery within enterprise Agile deployments
WHO: Jez Humble
Build and Release Principal
ThoughtWorks Studios
(www.thoughtworks-studios.com)
Humble is author of the highly acclaimed book, Continuous Delivery, and product architect of GoTM, ThoughtWorks Studios’ breakthrough product for enterprise Agile release management. He researches and consults on effective Agile engineering practices, with an emphasis on automating the building, testing and deployment of software, release management, and enabling collaboration between people involved in delivery.
WHAT: ”Continuous Delivery”
Ensuring software is released to users is often a painful, risky and time consuming process. During this presentation, Humble will outline the key principles and technical practices that enable rapid, incremental delivery of high quality and valuable new functionality to users. Humble will explain to attendees how the automation of the build, deployment and testing process improves collaboration between developers, testers and operations. Participants will learn how delivery teams can reduce cycle times and improve the quality of their software and the reliability of the release process.
WHERE: Selenium Conference
Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel
609 Sutter St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
WHEN: Wed. April 6, 2011
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Pacific
For more information or to schedule an interview with Jez Humble, please contact Christie Denniston at 303- 581-7760 or by email at: (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).
March 25, 2011
THOUGHTWORKS’ JIM HIGHSMITH TO DISCUSS HOW TO OPTIMIZE THE VALUE OF ENTERPRISE AGILE DURING UPCOMING WEBINAR
THOUGHTWORKS’ JIM HIGHSMITH TO DISCUSS HOW TO OPTIMIZE THE VALUE OF ENTERPRISE AGILE DURING UPCOMING WEBINAR
Highsmith will explore the necessity for Agile projects to have new performance measures for success
WHO: Jim Highsmith
ThoughtWorks
(http://www.thoughtworks.com/)
Jim Highsmith is recognized globally as a creator of the Adaptive Agile methodology and a co-author of the Agile Manifesto. He is one of the most sought after strategists for organizations going through an Agile transformation. Highsmith is the author of Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, Addison Wesley 2009; Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems, Dorset House 2000 and winner of the prestigious Jolt Award, and Agile Software Development Ecosystems, Addison Wesley 2002. He is the recipient of the 2005 international Stevens Award for outstanding contributions to systems development.
WHAT: Beyond Scope, Schedule and Cost: Optimizing Value
During this presentation Highsmith will explore how Agile teams are asked to be Agile, flexible and adaptive, but then are told to conform to planned scope, schedule and cost goals. He will discuss the importance of scaling projects to bring greater value to organizations. To mirror the Agile Manifesto, he will argue that it is not that scope, schedule and cost are unimportant, but that value and quality are more important. This talk explores the necessity for and the rationale behind moving to this new standard for Agile performance.
In this session, participants will learn:
- Why Agile projects need new performance measures
- Why quality is so critical to adaptability and future value
- A value management framework
- How to calculate at a feature level
WHEN: Wed., March 30, 2011 at 1 p.m. (Eastern)
REGISTER: (http://www.gantthead.com/survey/survey.cfm?ID=552)
CONTACT: For more information to or to speak with Jim Highsmith please contact Christie Denniston at 303- 581-7760 or cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
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March 17, 2011
THOUGHTWORKS EXPANDS SOUTH AMERICAN AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS WITH NEW OFFICE IN PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL
THOUGHTWORKS EXPANDS SOUTH AMERICAN AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS WITH NEW OFFICE IN PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL
Latest office will help accommodate continued growth and demand for ThoughtWorks services and support firm’s global growth strategy
17 March 2011 – Porto Alegre, Brazil – ThoughtWorks, the global custom software solutions experts and leaders in enterprise Agile software delivery, today announced its latest office in South America, located in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The company welcomes members of the local IT community, clients, partners and friends to celebrate the new facility during an open house tomorrow, Fri., March 18 from 18:00 to 21:00. For more information and location details please visit (www.thoughtworks.com/events/tecnopuc).
“We first arrived in Brazil in December of 2009 and have grown our team to more than 85 'ThoughtWorkers’ within our first 14 months,” explains Amit Kaul, general manager for ThoughtWorks Brazil. “We fully expect to continue growing at the same pace for 2011, and our move to TECNOPUC is the next step in our long-term vision for ThoughtWorks Brazil.”
ThoughtWorks has leased more than 600 square meters on the 14th floor of the new Portal TECNOPUC building, located in the TECNOPUC Technology Innovation Park on the campus of Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul. The new facility is designed to enable collaboration within software development teams extending to client organizations.
The new 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 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 will support the local market, marrying large enterprise application development capabilities with personalized, small-company service.
“Our clients operate in competitive environments. We are constantly looking for ways to meet their needs for timely and cost-effective delivery of mission-critical software,” said Craig Gorsline, managing director, ThoughtWorks Americas. “Our Porto Alegre office positions ThoughtWorks to help support the projected explosive growth companies in Brazil will experience in the coming years. Our presence in Porto Alegre is an excellent opportunity for ThoughtWorks to further our mission to continuously cultivate talent and relationships around the globe.”
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 methods of software development and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps its clients maximize investment 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 development life cycle through its Agile ALM solution, comprised of Mingle®, Go® and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs more than 1,600 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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March 11, 2011
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE MANAGES SCRUM AND HYBRID DEVELOPMENT METHODS WITH THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS’ MINGLE
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE MANAGES SCRUM AND HYBRID DEVELOPMENT METHODS WITH THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS’ MINGLE
Mingle provides flexible platform to track complex software development projects
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, 2011 – ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today announced that Siemens Healthcare has successfully deployed its Mingle project management solution to adopt and implement Scrum methods across the enterprise. Siemens Healthcare selected Mingle because of its adaptive approach to manage both structured methods like Scrum and internally designed hybrid development practices. Mingle is the Agile project management platform of ThoughtWorks Studios’ Agile ALM suite that includes Twist® (Agile test automation) and GoTM (Agile release management).
“We decided on Mingle due to its usability, flexibility and features such as the virtual Story Wall, drag-n-drop functionality and reporting capabilities. Mingle’s ability to flexibly adapt to our existing processes as well as support future adaptations, made it a clear choice over other similar tools,” says Sigbjoern Skjervold, development manager at Siemens. “Mingle is our teams’ working tool to track the projects progress and know where we are, what was left out and what was part of the delivery to our customers. So we are confident of what we ship.”
Siemens, which ranks #37 on the Fortune Global 500 list, has a 163 year history in taking entrepreneurial risks to pioneer innovative concepts and visionary ideas. The Siemens Healthcare division develops the DocuLive Electronic Patient Record (EPR), an electronic health record system accessible to hospitals and medical care givers that is Norway’s leading EPR software. Siemens was able to easily tailor Mingle to its teams’ processes, adopt the Scrum methodology and implement multiple workflows for sub-projects. The entire team, from management and testers to developers, support and operations, use Mingle for all aspects of the delivery lifecycle, including requirements gathering, analysis, planning, tracking, reporting, project management, defect management and support management.
Mingle’s flexibility has enabled Siemens Healthcare to not only use it for Scrum-based projects, but projects using other methodologies too. “We have used Mingle extensively for Waterfall projects too and have found that it retains its usability as an effective project management, tracking and collaboration solution,” emphasizes Sigbjoern. Future plans for Mingle include syncing the multiple sub-projects to a program, optimizing the overview page and integrating Mingle more closely with other products.
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 (project management), Twist (automated testing) and Go (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 www.thoughtworks-studios.com
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