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Jan 1, 2008
Sapient Thought Leadership Featured in SD Times Series on the Evolving Nature of Agile Thinking
Sapient’s Brian Carter and Erik Gottesman have contributed their views on the ways in which Agile methods are changing (and challenging) traditional software development in a series of articles appearing in Software Development Times. Carter and Gottesman present incisive views on the confluence of thinking between the Agile community and corporate IT leaders. They explain how large organizations are changing how large businesses relate to Agile principles, which is in turn changing the way in which the Agile community is engaging the corporate world, leading to increased Agile adoption. Part one of the series can be found here while part two appears in the January 15 issue of SD Times.
Dec 20, 2007
ResultSpace Named as a Finalist for the 18th Annual Jolt Awards
The Dr. Dobb’s Jolt Product Excellence Awards recently named ResultSpace as a finalist in the category of Project Management Tools. The award, presented annually to products that have “jolted” the software development industry, are selected by seasoned professionals, insiders, columnists, and technology leaders. The program, now in its seventeenth year, recognizes innovations that make the task of creating software faster, easier, and more efficient. ResultSpace is one of 98 finalists in 16 categories; one winner will be named in each area on March 5, 2008. A full list of the finalists can be found here.
More information on the Jolt Product Excellence Awards is available from their website.
Dec 16, 2007
ResultSpace 3.1 Announced
Following upon the success of release 3.0, ResultSpace 3.1 was delivered on December 16, 2007. This release introduces support for email notifications and administrative sub-domains. Now users can stay on top of project changes in real-time by receiving email updates whenever there’s a change to a story, defect, issue, task or test. Enterprise administrators can now model complex organizational structures in ResultSpace and delegate administration. By promoting a more decentralized, self-service administration model, ResultSpace reduces the administrative overhead associated with maintaining an institutional-standard ALM environment by putting needed controls in the hands of teams and departments without undermining IT governance.
Dec 8, 2007
Sapient Offers Expert Advice on Enterprise Agile Adoption
In a feature article in this month’s Agile Journal, Sapient’s Erik Gottesman and Andy Takats present a point of view on how to effectively harness Agile principles in an enterprise IT environment. Touching upon such thorny and varied issues as garnering executive support, developing emotional maturity, recognizing cultural considerations, and selecting Agile-compatible tools for the enterprise, Gottesman and Takats provide frank advice for organizations grappling with integrating Agile methods into their delivery vernacular. The full text of the article can be found here.
October 31, 2007
Sapient And Agile Journal Present "Making Agile Stick In the Enterprise" webcast
Organizations are moving rapidly to adopt Agile development processes but many are struggling. Pilots with small or co-located teams often result in early success, but the real challenge is how to translate that success into an enterprise deployment. How to best organize teams and people, determining whether existing tools can support Agile, and evolving existing governance and quality management are among the critical questions that have to be answered.
Successfully deploying Agile throughout an organization and scaling it up for larger teams is achievable with the right support, planning and tools. In this webcast Sapient shares our first hand experience transforming our organization of 5,000 IT and business consultants and the lessons learned helping others move to Agile.
The webcast can be viewed on-demand at the Agile Journal website.
October 10, 2007
Sapient And CM Crossroads Present Podcast "ResultSpace, A New Agile ALM Solution"
ResultSpace product manager Erik Gottesman discusses how being a global services firm helped Sapient shape and evolve ResultSpace. Learn how ResultSpace has been designed from the ground up for the Agile enterprise and strategies for driving the adoption of Agile throughout your enterprise.
The podcast can be accessed at the CM Crossroads website.
August 13, 2007
Sapient Sponsors Agile 2007; Showcases Upcoming ResultSpace ALM Solution
Global services firm Sapient announced that they are a platinum sponsor of this year’s Agile 2007 conference, which brings together the leading minds in the Agile development community to discuss the latest topics and issues on the mind of every developer today. The annual gathering, taking place at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington D.C. from August 13-17, will allow vendors and end-users alike to showcase the latest Agile development techniques and technologies.
At the show, Sapient will be giving attendees an early look at its forthcoming Agile ALM product, ResultSpace, which is a pragmatic, proven solution, purpose-built to provide the tools developers and executives need to drive organizational performance and deliver results. ResultSpace won’t be shipping until the fall, but attendees can visit Sapient at Booth # 19 throughout the week to find out what it’s all about and see how it can help enhance their new or existing Agile investments.
In addition, Sapient will be giving a presentation on assuring distributed enterprise agility on Thursday at 11 am in Meeting Room 3. For more information on Sapient, please visit www.sapient.com and download the ResultSpace product datasheet.
August 13, 2007
Sapient Launches Agile Training and Consulting Services
No two organizations are alike; even ones building competing products can easily take completely different approaches to the theory and deployment of Agile and have wildly varying results. It follows then, that no two companies will have the same issues when adopting an Agile approach. There can be no cookie-cutter approach.
At Sapient, we recognize these differences and work to help our clients not only adopt Agile, but to make it stick and drive value – in a way that makes sense for the unique needs of their organization. As the world’s largest Agile-based services firm, we have the experience to help clients get the most out of their new or existing Agile deployments and the customized consulting and training programs to enable them to truly transform their organizations. From adoption workshops to immersion training, Sapient can help you create a vision, align stakeholders and rapidly develop a concrete Agile plan.
For more information on Sapient’s consulting and training programs, please read through the training and services overview.