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Panel discussion on troubleshooting distributed Agile team projects

This session, moderated by Brent Barton, was presented by a group of panelists:

  • Esther Derby
  • Hubert Smits
  • Monica Yap
  • Samir Shah
  • Tamara Sulaiman

All of the panelists have experience working with successful distributed Agile teams, from offshore and onshore. They shared their experience and insights on how to face the common challenges arise from this environment. Topics discussed included how to start well and how to deal with time zones.

Panel Moderator

Brent Barton plays a key leadership role in implementing the strategic vision of SolutionsIQ as an Agile organization. Brent continues to drive the growth and development of our premium Agile development and consulting services, addressing such key issues as delivering greater value to customers.

Highly regarded as a Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile coach, Brent is recognized as an international leader in Agile consulting. He brings more than 15 years of technical experience as a consultant and mentor to his role as CTO. Through Agile methodologies he helps companies successfully build software better and faster.

Featured Panelist

Monica Yap is the engagement manager and Agile coach for SolutionsIQ, focusing on building and leading successful Agile teams for outsource projects. Monica has over 16 years of development experience in e-commerce, wireless, and various other industries, as well as more than eight years of experience leading Agile teams, providing quality products through the use of continuous refactoring, unit testing, pair programming, small releases, and an evolving architecture. She has worked with distributed Agile teams over four years (U.S., UK, Singapore). She and her teams have demonstrated tremendous successes, with 90 percent of the iterations delivering on time, meeting or exceededing customer expectations.

Monica is a regular presenter at seminars (including Agile 2005, Agile 2006, and Agile 2007) and volunteers for technical and process groups, including the Seattle Agile user group, Seattle Java user group, and Seattle APLN.

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