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Keynotes



Ken Collier
Founder and President,
KWC Technologies


Agile Pitfalls, Anti-patterns, and Gotchas

By examining the common perils and pitfalls of agile development, you may see traits of your own organization that deserve attention. We will explore the top mistakes made by new agile adopters that often cause them to abandon their efforts. In the process we’ll also examine the key characteristics that lead to agile success. It’s been said that agile is simple but it isn’t easy. This keynote will give you some ideas for how to get it right by avoiding the common mistakes.

 

Ralph Hughes
Chief Systems Architect,
Ceregenics, Inc.

Scaling Agile Data Warehousing for the Enterprise

The success of agile data mart projects has naturally led many large organizations into agile data warehousing, where the benefits of increased productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction achieve a further order of magnitude. Yet, like any general technique, agile does not scale in a simple, linear fashion when we take on enterprise-level program engagements. Several step changes in our approach are required to navigate the new complexities of reference architectures, project integration, and resource planning. What strategies do we see emerging that IT departments of all sizes can immediately incorporate into their rapid application development frameworks?