The Agile Manifesto, published over a decade ago, contained some “radical ideas” to orient teams around delivering valuable software to market. Agile now forms the basis of DevOps and Continuous Delivery efforts in large and small organizations alike. How are Agile practices different for Large Enterprises, and what are some challenges and benefits of the same? Earlier today we had a great time on #c9d9 talking about some of the challenges and best practices for implementing and fostering Agile in large enterprises, at scale.
- Why do Agile in the enterprise?
- Where should you begin your journey?
- Should Agile be centralized or decentralized in a large organization?
- And what are some best practices and tips for what enterprises should do - and stop doing - on their path to Agile?
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This episode features:
Johanna Rothman Johanna Rothman helps managers and leaders do reasonable things that work. Author of multiple pragmatic books. @johannarothman | www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd 
Josh Seiden Interaction Designer; Principal at http://www.neo.com . Co-author of http://leanuxbook.com . Cyclist. Bread baker. Body surfer. @jseiden 
Todd DeCapua Todd is a Software Executive with extensive Technical and Business experience, transforming organizations and delivering high performing results. @AppPerfEng | HP Blogs 
Todd Miller An active member of the Agile community, Todd Mis an Engagement Manager for Celerity's Enterprise Technology Solutions, and a Certified ScrumMaster, Product Owner and Scrum Professional. @todd_miller11 | Celerity Blogs Also, check out a couple of resources that our panelists have shared: 
From Johanna Rothman: download a free sample of her new book: Agile and Lean Program Management From Todd DeCapua: Enhancing IT Quality Metrics with Six Sigma
On the next episode of Continuous Discussions:
Episode 27: Architecting for Continuous Delivery
Join us on October 13th to discuss architecture patterns and best practices for enabling CD. Add the event to your calendar » This episode will feature:
Aater Suleman CEO of Flux7, helping companies use AWS infrastructure to improve business agility & continuity. Flux7 deploys web apps across various technology stacks. @FutureChips | blog.flux7.com 
Graham Smith Dr Graham Smith is head of software engineering at the UK Hydrographic Office, championing continuous delivery by day and blogging about it at night. @GrahamDSmith | pleasereleaseme.net 
Marcus Rehm Software engineer and Business Intelligence Developer for Odebrecht Ambiental. Agile and Automation enthusiastic that always is looking for ways to improve products and process. @marcusrehm | marcusrehm.github.io 
Melvin Laguren QA Automation Lead at Wrap Media. Melvin has worked at various start up and enterprise companies developing automated tests and working on CI/CD pipelines. He spends his "free" time speaking at Meetups/Conferences, teaching QA workshops and working on a weekly comic strip, www.melvinisms.com . @mlaguren | www.laguren.net 
Michael Nygard Michael works for Cognitect. Has written and co-authored several books, including "97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know" and "Release It!" @mtnygard | blog.cognitect.com/