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Why Agile?

1 Software Development is Transitioning

2 Customer Demand

3 Nashville Technology Boom

4 Questions

Software

Development

Transition

Organization Size

39%

< 1,000 People

18%

1,000 – 5,000

17%

5,001 – 20,000

26%

20,000 +

Software Development

32% 34% 15% 19%

< 100 People 101 – 1,000 1,001 – 5,000 5,001 +

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50%

North America

0% 100%50%

5%

South America

0% 100%50%

10%

Asia

0% 100%50%

4%

Australia

0% 100%50%

28%

Europe

0% 100%50%

2%

Africa

0% 100%50%

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Teams Using Agile

2011

2015

2016

2013

2012

2014

Software Development Projects

92%

84%

73%

59%

48%

41%

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Agile MaturityThe vast majority of companies (82%) said their

organization was at or below a “still maturing”

level.

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Customer

Demand

98%Realized Success

Software Development Projects

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Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Always

45%

19%

16%

13%

7%

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Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Always

64%

Rarely or

Never Used

Nashville

Tech Boom

Nashville Tech

Growth

More than 3,700 added since 2014

Software Development Jobs

Nashville #7 in the country

Fastest Growing Technology Cities

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Agile Project ManagementNashville Job Market – Indeed.com

• BMI

• Deloitte

• Experian

• HealthSpring

• Take Care Health

• Zycron

When I Arrived - 2012

11 Jobs$65,000 – Starting Salary

2012

0 10050

105 Jobs$80,000 Starting Salary

2015

0 10050

This Afternoon

• Bridgestone

• Cardinal Health

• Cigna

• Change Healthcare

• HCA

• HealthTrust Purchasing

• Lonely Planet

• Nissan

• Optum Health

• Parallon

• Qualifacts Systems, Inc.

• Ramsey Solutions

• Sarah Cannon

• Tractor Supply Company

• Vanderbilt Hospital

• Video Game Technologies

Questions