Sometimes a client asks us why we use a distributed Agile model for our software development services. Our answer is simple. Distributed Agile gives us the tools we need to be able to offer our clients software development that is expertly planned and accurately delivered – all at an optimal business value.
The distributed Agile process starts by consulting with the product owner (the client) as the team assigned to the project begins dividing up the work into functional increments. These increments are known as “user stories” and each one helps to create a simplified description of a requirement which will contribute to the overall product. Your team will consist of a small group of individuals who are committed to the project from start to finish. Another important component that makes distributed Agile methodologies in software development so successful is the “daily standup” or meeting. Typically done at a set time each day, it brings everyone up to date allowing the team to share completed tasks and describe any obstacles that are impeding progress. Iterative development is also a key practice in the Agile process. This is the step that breaks down software development into smaller units with code designed and developed to be revisited and tested in repeated cycles. Incremental development ensures that “each successive version of the product is usable, and each builds upon the previous version by adding user-visible functionality.” Once a product is finished or at a certain designated point in a project, the entire team will spend time evaluating and analyzing key events. At Velocity Partners our team includes experienced engineers and consultants as well as leaders in Agile software development. We have been successfully using distributed Agile methodologies since our firm began in 2004 and offer companies an excellent ROI. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. For more information about our cost-effective software development services, please see our website. Source: agilealliance.org/agile101/
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Since Velocity Partners was founded as a spinoff of an Agile training company, our team consists of several recognized thought leaders in Agile software development. This has resulted in distributed Agile being a part of our DNA, and we are proud to report that we have successfully completed hundreds of projects for some of the biggest names in business using the distributed Agile model.
We are so committed to the process that we are regular contributors at Agile conferences as well as run our own company’s Agile seminar series, of which some of the materials we make available to the public. In fact one of our most prolific authors of Agile content is VP’s Principal Agile Evangelist, Bill DeVoe. Bill’s extensive experience includes 25 years as a developer and 17 years in Agile helping IT teams face Agile challenges and providing strategies to overcome them. His background includes working as a developer, manager, product owner, coach, and Agile evangelist. He also speaks at a variety of conferences and works with our clients on agile practices. Along with all of the professional Blogs by Bill Devoe, our website also has a selection of Agile resources that includes videos, slideshows, and PDFs available to download. One example of a helpful video is the “Scrum Mastery Coaching Clinic.” To download the material we simply ask that you join our community and provide your name, email address, job title and company. All of the materials on our website should be considered for non-commercial, personal use copies only and not distributed beyond the initial download. If you wish to distribute VP’s Agile resource materials, we ask that you have intended individuals join our mailing list or get our permission first. Also if you wish to use our materials in your own work, please ask for permission as well as give us full attribution. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. Please see our website to learn more about our cost-effective software development services. Ever since we opened our doors, Velocity Partners has invited clients to visit our Latin America delivery centers to experience firsthand our professional operations as well as to strengthen connections with their team. In fact time and time again, we have seen numerous ways that face to face interactions positively impact client/VP relationships.
For example just last month, we had the new management team from Polycom, a leader in HD video conferencing, voice conferencing & telepresence, visit our offices in Montevideo, Uruguay. The trip was a way to not only express appreciation to their team but to get to know them better. It also presented the opportunity to start planning for future projects. After several meetings, the team decided on the most effective work methods, the Agile processes to implement, and began Sprint 1 after determining to move ahead with Scrum. The Polycom group left a week later, confident with their team and a promise to return. In April we were pleased to welcome the Kinnser team to our Rosario, Argentina office. Kinnser’s software, which is as easy to use as it was powerful, is the most widely used software in home health care. The Director of DevOps, Brian Berger said of the visit, “I want to thank Velocity’s Kinnser teams, and Velocity’s Rosario office for the hospitality and initiative shown during our recent visit. I appreciated the opportunity to share challenges and successes directly with Kinnser’s teams and with other Velocity teams to better understand how we can partner to quickly build superior products with a higher degree of customer and employee satisfaction.” He added that he looks forward to building upon the partnership. We invite all of our clients to visit our Latin American offices to forge stronger relationships with their teams as well as to see our operations up close. Keep in mind that we build each team to specifications, including technical expertise and business domain. At Velocity Partners we expertly deliver nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model for outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. For more information, please see our website. Velocity Partners offshore software development company is pleased to annouce that our Agile Evangelist, Bill DeVoe, spoke at this year’s Big Apple Scrum Day (BASD) that took place in New York City on May 1st. The one day community conference focused on Scrum/Agile principles and practices and shared knowledge so participants could discover new practices and learn from their peers.
Bill DeVoe’s speech at the workshop was titled Agile Transformation Beyond the Team. In his discussion, Bill addressed the fact that “as change agents, we’re adept at changing IT teams but we experience resistance when talking to HR and Finance.” He explained how he has successfully engaged HR and Finance teams to support agile transformations in the enterprise. Bill provided points and practical actions that participants could use to immediately make changes and transformations beyond their IT teams. Bill has lots of experience in these areas as for the last few years, he was instrumental in helping large health care and financial companies with Agile trasformations. He witnessed first-hand the challenges the organizations faced in adopting Agile. Another speaker well-known to us at VP was Bob Galen, whose session was entitled Product Owners – Increasing your Situational Awareness. He discussed how product owners encounter challenging situations including conversations, negotiations, and decisions every day but that much of the role’s focus is towards stories and backlogs. His session required interaction from participants and included practicing the best way to handle a myraid of these types of situations. Please visit Velocity Partners’ website to see more from Bill in terms of interesting and very informative blogs on Agile and Scrum practices. Also use our contact form so we can show you how our cost-effective, highly talented Agile offshore development team can provide solutions for your business. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. Please see our website to learn more about our cost-effective software development services. For anyone new to using a distributed Agile model for software development, you may be uncertain about whether it is the most effective process for your needs. At Velocity Partners offshore software development company, we want you to know that through our extensive experience, we have proof that distributed Agile can actually help to create a better product in a shorter amount of time. We think the fact that it requires continual assessment and evaluation of our teams’ efforts as well as the direction of the project, problems are more easily identified early-on.
Also total transparency and visibility is provided throughout the project, and work is done in incremental steps to expedite a flexible, rapid response to the intrinsic unpredictability of software development. In addition since distributed Agile includes regular communications with everyone involved in the project, you will never be left out of the process. Moreover by VP operating nearshore delivery centers, it facilitates communication and collaboration with all parties as everyone is in compatible time zones. To support virtual teams, our Latin American delivery centers are equipped with high-tech, state-of-the-art communication tools. Since we were founded in 2004 as an offshoot of an Agile training company, distributed Agile is engrained into all of our technological processes, and core to our business model. Furthermore, Velocity Partners knows our success lies in having excellent teams so we provide employees with cutting-edge training in Agile/Scrum software development processes along with other emerging technologies. However, please keep in mind that while Velocity Partners strongly believes in a distributed Agile model for our software development, we will work with you in whatever manner you are most comfortable. Contact us to learn more about Agile offshore development services. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. Contact us to learn more about how a distributed Agile model provides high-quality software development. At Velocity Partners offshore software development company, we recognize our employees are key to our success, and when you choose our firm, you will benefit by having some of the most talented individuals in the field working on your team. Once you contact us regarding a project, our first step is to listen to your needs and to ask lots of questions. By undertaking this as a collaborative effort, we work closely with you and your team to create the most cost-effective solutions.
We have been in business since 2004, and over the years we have successfully completed hundreds of projects for companies of all sizes. When we first opened our firm, we debated on the best way to do business and determined that nearshore delivery centers offered clients not only exceptional products but a valuable return on their investment. We choose Latin America as home to our nearshore delivery centers for several reasons including the expediency of operating our software development services in a Western hemisphere time zone rather than the Eastern hemisphere. Latin America was an ideal choice for VP as it also has advanced technology centers as well as a large pool of talented individuals. In addition as our employee tenure is above industry average, it offers continuity in our teams and helps to facilitate an excellent end result. All in all, we are pleased to say our instincts served us well as our centers have proven to be efficient, effective business settings and offer clients the opportunity to be on the receiving end of highly competitive, valuable services. By using distributed Agile and Scrum methodologies for our software development, we minimize the impact of distribution and provide clients with excellent planning, accurate distribution and optimal value. See our website to learn more. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. For more information about our cost-effective Agile offshore development services, please see our website. At Velocity Partners offshore software development company we work hard to ensure our clients get the best products at the best value and have experience working with a broad range of businesses and industries. Our software development services are based on using a distributed Agile model that allows for excellent planning and accurate delivery. Moreover we go to great lengths to hire the top talent in the industry and continually provide leading-edge training for our entire team.
To guarantee clients receive the very best services we are committed to our Quality Policy. It states that, “We will be the nearshore Agile software leader, where talented people achieve their potential and clients gain a partner they trust.” We achieve this vision by:
Our mission statement says it best: we provide North American companies with a highly valuable software outsourcing solution that utilizes true Agile processes, similar time zones, and highly skilled, cross-functional South American teams, resulting in productivity and quality improvements for our clients. Please visit our website to learn more about how our cost-effective, quality Agile offshore development services can provide solutions for your business. At Velocity Partners we expertly deliver nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model for outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. For more information, please see our website. At Velocity Partners offshore software development company we provide cost-effective and highly valuable software outsourcing solutions that result in productivity and quality improvements for our clients but you don’t have to just take our work for it. Current and past customers from a broad range of businesses and industries are glad to speak up regarding their satisfaction with our firm.
A spokesperson from our client, Latham, a leading manufacturer of inground residential swimming pools and components in North America, relays their satisfaction regarding the more than 18 months they worked with Velocity. They state, “Your team did incredible work for us and got us out of a very deep hole that we had with our original Hybris implementation.” Continuing, their spokesperson relates that the team was a pleasure to work with and Latham will certainly use VP’s services in the future. They end by saying, “you have a great reputation here at Latham and our IT department will certainly reach out as new projects appear requiring Java or Hybris experience.” G2 Web Service explains they were continually impressed with the initiative, great questions, and exceptional patience their Velocity Partner’s team demonstrated while working with the G2 team. Another client, Bluefly, which is a leading online retailer of designer brands, explains that we “provided excellent work and together helped the company to reach by far their most important accomplishments in the company’s history.” Since 2004, we have helped companies scale their business by extending their existing teams, or adding additional development capacity within their organization to cost-effectively develop the best final product. Our team consists of some of the most talented software developers, consultants and Agile and Scrum experts in the field and we are proud of our excellent reputation. Corporations both big and small trust Velocity Partners when they need software development services. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. For more information about our cost-effective Agile offshore development services, please see our website. Velocity Partners offshore software development company’s new Principle Agile Evangelist, Bill DeVoe explains that, “The 3 C’s are a core component of good agile implementations. And making sure that we focus on delivering all 3 – especially our conversations – can help an agile team reach even loftier heights.” He reminds us all that even if you have been practicing Agile for years (or if you are new to the practice), it is good for all practitioners to review or learn the “3 C’s.”
The 3 C’s were defined by Ron Jeffries in 2001 as the card, conversation, and confirmation. The card started out as a 3 x 5 card, and the small size ensured it kept the story short and concise. The evolving format focuses on: As a <role>, I want <some functionality> so that <I get some benefit>. While it is not necessary to follow this exact format, it is a good starting point especially for Product Owners new to Agile. The next C stands for conversation and typically gets started when a developer reads off the card in order to begin a conversation about it. In most cases, it is the Product Owner who begins to answer questions and gets the dialogue going regarding the story. Bill reminds Agile practitioners that, “Conversations are the backbone of agile (if you check the Agile Manifesto, you’ll see that three of the four values deal with communication).” Confirmation is the third C and involved the acceptance criteria. This included the team’s consensus of when the story was complete as well as answering questions such as what should the software do when finished? In some cases the acceptance criteria was written on the back of the card as a way to remind developers what the system should do. We encourage you to visit Velocity Partners’ website to learn more about our professional nearshore software development services. By combining quality software development and staff scalability, we provide our customers with optimal business solutions. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. Contact us to learn more about how a distributed Agile model provides high-quality software development. Velocity Partners uses a distributed Agile model for our nearshore software development as it offers excellent planning, faster production times and accurate delivery along with the best value. Since we are an offshoot of an Agile training company, Agile and Scrum methodologies are part of our DNA and engrained into all of our technology processes.
Our productive teams have the advantage of being lead and trained on distributed Agile methods by some of the top thought leaders in Agile/Scrum software development. In addition we offer cost-effective nearshore delivery centers (Western hemisphere – not Eastern hemisphere) in similar time zones for optimal communications between Product Owners, Scrum masters, project leaders and the development team. Furthermore, since communication is the driving force behind a successful distributed Agile model, our virtual teams are supported with state-of-the-art communication tools in all of our Latin American delivery centers. Also with Agile methods, a project is continuously assessed and evaluated througout each phase, both for the direction it is taking as well as the efforts of the team to ensure problems are identified and corrected as early as possible. However while we strongly believe that using a distributed Agile model results in a sucessful outcome, we will work with a company in whatever manner they are most comfort with. As a client, you will discover that Velocity Partners’ software development services offer an excellent ROI as it allows you to scale your business by taking advantage of our technical expertise as well as our low-cost nearshore delivery. Our collaborative approach includes daily standups, Sprint planning meetings, Demos and Retrospective that are all done in our high-tech voice/video virtual team rooms. We encourage you to visit our website to learn more about Velocity Partners. As you will see, our proactive team approach has not only earned us a reputation for producing excellent results but a long list of satisfied customers! Velocity Partners expertly delivers software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. Please see our website to learn more about our offshore software development company. |
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