January 19, 2006 | SDSIC Software Management BIG

Agile Requirements: Precision and Flexibility

In this session we will discuss how companies adopting Agile and Lean practices are changing the way they manage software requirements. Discover how leading organizations like Intuit and Peregrine Systems stay flexible while ensuring that requirements contain information leading to solutions that add customer value.

You will learn about:

• How to link requirements to customer value
• Strategies for improving coordination between marketing and engineering
• What information is needed to ensure that requirements are useful
• How to avoid confusing requirements with design solutions
• Strategies for documenting requirements at the right amount of detail
• Coping with requirements changes while avoiding scope creep
• Linking requirements to design choices
• How to get testable requirements

Speakers

Bill Sudlow, VP of Tax Engineering, Intuit Consumer Tax Group

Mr. Sudlow is responsible for the ProSeries, Lacerte, QuickBooks Do-it-yourself Payroll, TurboTax and SnapTax products, and also delivers tax software engines and services to other Intuit business units. He is in the process of transitioning his group to Lean and Agile practices, while also transforming legacy architectures. Mr. Sudlow holds an MBA from Cornell, an MS in EE from Stanford, and a BS in EE from the University of Illinois.

Tom Tobin, VP of Development, Peregrine Systems

Mr. Tobin manages the engineering team responsible for developing Peregrine's enterprise software solutions. Since joining the company 18 months ago, he has been focused on creating an agile development culture and on introducing new technology for Peregrine's flagship IT management products. During his career, Mr. Tobin has guided the development of seven major products or solutions from inception through acceptance. He earned a BS degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University.

Moderator: Frode L. Ødegård, CEO, Lean Software Institute

Mr. Ødegård has more than twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur and trusted advisor to high-tech executives. Organizations he has helped include Sony Electronics Inc., Lockheed Martin, Candle, Conexant Systems, Mindspeed, and Plantronics. Mr. Ødegård is currently the CEO of the Lean Software Institute, which helps organizations adopt Lean practices to dramatically accelerate the development of software products. He is currently writing a book on Implementing Lean Software Development.

Who should attend?

The Software Management BIG (SMBIG) is aimed at managers and executives in San Diego software companies who wish to improve the way their companies manage software development.

Location:
Intuit
6220 Greenwich Drive
San Diego, CA 92122

Program:
5:30pm-6:00pm: Registration and Networking
6:00pm-7:00pm: Presentations
7:00pm-9:30pm: Panel discussion, audience Q&A

Registration

To register for this event, contact use the SDSIC registration page or call Jill Curson at SDSIC at (858) 793-6655.