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Lean Agile and Fit to Purpose (more from Forrester ITF09)

Tue, 26 May 2009 05:25:33 EDT

This was a great session by John Rymer and Dave West. They provided some interesting stats:• 80-90% of IT spend is on software maintenance• Business are demanding innovation• Time to market is more critical now than ever before.These three stats... Mike Jones http://www.outsystems.com

Key take-aways from this year's Forrester's IT Forum

Sat, 23 May 2009 12:20:23 EDT

Last week, I attended Forrester's IT Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In looking back over my notes I wanted to share some of the highlights. The first keynote started off with the resounding words: "Never Waste a Good Crisis". ... Mike Jones http://www.outsystems.com

CEO's DO care about IT

Thu, 21 May 2009 05:43:19 EDT

Michael Krigsman recently asked the questions "Do CEO's *really* care about IT?" and reviewed a panel discussion by CEO's from tech companies talking about the issues of Business-IT alignment. He says, after listening to that discussion "it appears little progress... Mike Jones http://www.outsystems.com

Getting approval & funding for Agile IT projects - do we need to change corporate culture?

Tue, 19 May 2009 06:23:05 EDT

During last week's Agile-in-a-Day workshop in the Netherlands, I participated in an interesting discussion with the group of 25+ current and future Agile practitioners - on the impact of Agile methodologies on well established corporate processes and culture. In particular,... Mike Jones http://www.outsystems.com

Agile Methodologies to Improve SOA

Sat, 09 May 2009 12:45:00 EDT

Recently industry analysts, press, and bloggers have been writing about the state of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and whether it’s “dead” or in the “trough of disillusionment." These discussions have been fueled by surveys that suggest a decline in the number of organizations considering SOA, or that organizations have evaluated, but decided to shelve SOA for the time being.

NextStep'09 Agile Conference Highlights Video

Wed, 06 May 2009 09:24:53 EDT

If you are wondering what NextStep'09 was all about, the following highlight reel from our 2009 event shows all our Agile conference attendees in action - from keynotes to sessions, partner pavilion and opening reception. If you attended the event... Michel Ozzello http://www.outsystems.com

NextStep'09 presentations are now available!

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:05:13 EDT

As promised, the customer, partner and OutSystems presentations that were given at the NextStep '09 conference are now available online. These include great case studies on Agile development, Agile technical tips and tricks, and discussions on the future of agile,... Maysoon A http://www.outsystems.com

OutSystems Agile User Conference - NextStep '09 Wrap-Up

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:27:26 EDT

Yes, it took an entire weekend to recover from NextStep! But we're back and just wanted to wrap-up an amazing Agile conference. First, the OutSystems team would like to thank everyone - guest speakers, customers, partners, members of the press... Maysoon A http://www.outsystems.com

Adopting Usability in an Agile Environment

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:33:43 EDT

Gem, User Experience Engineer of OutSystems, closed track 2 sessions by talking about how usability and agility can work well together.Gem started by highlighting the similarities between usability and Agile, including the fact that they are iterative and that they... Rodrigo Coutinho http://www.outsystems.com

Making Public Services Agile through Process Automation

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:31:50 EDT

The last session of track 1 was presented by OutSystems Partner Normatica, represented by Alexandre Mano, and OutSystems Customer Dr. Marcelo Mendonça de Carvalho of Gabinete do Secretário de Estado Adjunto da Administração Local. Alexandre introduced the RJUE Project (Regime... Rodrigo Coutinho http://www.outsystems.com

OutPractices: Agile Transformations of any Software Development Process

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:18:32 EDT

Ana Paula of Whatever Consulting spoke this afternoon on "OutPractices: Agile Transformations of any Software Development Process". She talked to us about a subject close to her heart - the Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) which aims at producing a customizable... Maysoon A http://www.outsystems.com

ITIL over OutSystems - Excellence and Agility for Turismo de Portugal

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:04:14 EDT

Hugo Sousa, IT Director of Turismo de Portugal, started out by sharing with the audience his commitment to the business goals of Turismo de Portugal. For that, he showed us his project goals: Measure and get 90% satisfaction People are all that... Rodrigo Coutinho http://www.outsystems.com

Introducing Agile: Hidden Benefits (and Some Challenges)

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:47:00 EDT

Our next presentation was by Stefan Meier, Associate Director, Software Development, Information Sciences Department at XDx. Xdx is a biotech company that relies on software and technology for their Molecular Diagnostic Technology. They assess patients who have had a heart...

7 reasons NOT to use Model Driven Development

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:32:20 EDT

Eric ten Harkel, founder and manager of COOLProfs, started this really insightful and humorous look at some provocative reasons a company shouldn't use Model Driven Development: You want to hide behind technologyProducing hours is all that mattersMethodology over deliveryYour most important... Rodrigo Coutinho http://www.outsystems.com

Launching a New Company in a Fast and Agile Way

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:12:31 EDT

Miguel Barreto, CEO of Home Energy spoke to us next on "Launching a New Company in a Fast and Agile Way" Home Energy is a new company that's part of the Martifer, a Portuguese renewable group. Home Energy was established... Maysoon A http://www.outsystems.com

Challenges of Scoping and Sizing Agile Projects

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:07:39 EDT

Nuno Teles, Service Operations Director at OutSystems, launched the afternoon here at track 2 by talking about the challenges of scoping and sizing an Agile project. Agile projects are not based on lengthy specifications and piles of documents. Instead,... Rodrigo Coutinho http://www.outsystems.com

E.ON Benelux: Using Agile to Quickly Adapt to Meter Market Changes

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:12:31 EDT

Next up at NextStep - Marteijn Mout who is the project managers of the 'New meter market model' at E.ON Benelux. E.ON is one of Europe's largest Energy providers with over 30 million customers in 30 countries. E.ON Benelux has... Maysoon A http://www.outsystems.com

Business Process Reengineering in an Agile Way

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:38:47 EDT

This morning's last presentation on track 2 was delivered by Rui Afonso, OutSystems Channel Manager at Hyfas. The presentation was about Hyfas success story at Refrige. Refrige had a very complex material creation process, that spanned across 7 distinct departments. Communication... Rodrigo Coutinho http://www.outsystems.com

Dynamic Business Applications and Insurance

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:22:06 EDT

In this NextStep session Pedro Rosa Santos who leads the consulting services team for Keep it Simple, an OutSystems Partner, addressed how Dynamic Business Applications can play a big part in the Insurance industry. Pedro described the quantum leap experienced... Maysoon A http://www.outsystems.com