TAILTEANN


Products Of Our Environment



Benefits
of AGILE



"Work it harder. Make it better. Do it faster. Makes us stronger."



Daft Punk



SUPERIOR PRODUCT QUALITY





The excellent Agile safeguards we (and other Agile firms such as Rolls Royce, Microsoft and Amazon) use help to ensure product quality is always kept sky high. Such is achieved by:

  • Wholeheartedly embracing the concepts of technological excellence, good design, and sustainable development.
  • Adopting a proactive approach to Quality Management, thus preventing problems with the software product from arising.
  • Defining the software product's requirements and elaborating on them in time so that knowledge of its features is as relevant as possible.
  • Having daily testing and continuous integration part of our development process, thereby allowing our Development Team to immediately address any problematic issues that arise.
  • Use of Automated Testing Tools, which enable us to develop during the day, test in the evening/overnight, and bug-fix in the morning.
  • Running "Sprint Retrospectives", which allow our Scrum Team to continuously improve both work and processes.
  • Completing work using the "Definition of Done".


Higher customer satisfaction





Our Agile Team help to satisfy the needs and wants of our highly valued Partners by:

  • Keeping them involved and engaged throughout the project.
  • Demonstrating working functionality to them in each "Sprint Review".
  • Having a "Product Owner" who is an expert on both customer needs and product requirements.
  • Bringing their products to market quicker.
  • Updating and prioritising the "Product Backlog" so we can quickly respond to change.


reduced risk





The Agile techniques we perform virtually eliminate the chance of absolute project failure:

  • We develop in "Sprints", thereby ensuring a short period of time between initial project investment and either "failing fast", or learning that the product approach will succeed.
  • Starting with the first Sprint, a "Working Product" is developed. This approach ensures that no Agile project ever completely fails.
  • We develop requirements to the Definition of Done in each Sprint so that the project's sponsors have (regardless of what may happen with the project in the future) completed, usable features.
  • We provide constant feedback on products and processes, which enables the end-user to see and react to new features on a regular basis.
  • Depending upon the project type, we can enable revenue to be generated early with self-funding projects, thus allowing organisations to pay for a project with little up-front expense.


increased Creativity, productivity & performance





Being part of a self-managing team provides our staff with the required platform to fulfil their creative potential. Having a "Scrum Master" on board also helps to not only remove impediments but to shield the Development Team from external interference, which frees them up to do what they do best. Furthermore, working cross-functionally allows Development Team Members to learn new skills and continuously improve throughout the project's course.



more Accurate & relevant metrics
= saved time & money





The Agile Metrics that our team use to estimate time and cost, to measure project performance, and to make project decisions tend to be more accurate and relevant than traditional project metrics. Such metrics are provided by:

  • Establishing project timelines and budgets based on the Development Team's actual performance.
  • Ensuring the Development Team provide "effort estimates" for the project's requirements.
  • Using relative estimates, rather than hours or days, to tailor estimated effort to the Development Team's knowledge and capabilities.
  • Refining estimated time, cost and effort on a regular basis, as the Development Team learns more about the project's specific needs.
  • Regularly updating the "Sprint Burndown Chart" to better evaluate how the Development Team is performing within each Sprint.


greater performance visibility, transparency & accountability





On all Agile Projects we undertake, all participants have the chance to know how the project is going at any given time. Thanks to Daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Reviews, and visible Progress Charts, very real ways for all stakeholders, including our Partners, to see how the project is progressing, exist.



greater project predictability





Agile Project Management incorporates several practices and tools that help to increase project predictability. Among the ones we place a particularly strong emphasis on include:

  • Calculating Individual Development Team Speed allows requirements such as timelines and budgets, and the remaining Product Backlog, to be better predicted.
  • Keeping Sprint Lengths and Development Team Allocation the same throughout the project, which helps the exact cost for each Sprint to be known.
  • Using information from Daily Scrum Meetings, Task Boards, and Sprint Burndown to predict performance for individual Sprints.


increased control





The numerous inspection and adaptation opportunities that exist during an Agile Project's Development Process enables all project participants (very much including the project's sponsors) to exercise project control. The end result of such? The creation and delivery of a higher class of product.



greater unity/increased collaboration with stakeholders





Always working in unison, our Development Team, Product Owner and Scrum Master host Daily Scrum Meetings. At these, obstacles relating to work completed, future work, and roadblocks are overcome together. Whilst during Sprint Reviews, our Development Team are available to demonstrate and discuss the product directly with the project's sponsors.



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