"It\´s Not the Pants, it\´s the People in the Pants" Learnings from the Gap Agile Transformation What Worked, How We Did it, and What Still Puzzles Us

Author

Goodman, David ; Elbaz, Michael

Author_Institution

IT Project Manage., Gap Inc. Direct, San Francisco, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

4-8 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

115

Abstract

After 7 years of traditional IT delivery, Gap Inc.Direct decided to adopt Agile. This experience report discusses three key factors that contributed to our successful (and ongoing) Agile transformation: 1. Ambitious Pilot Project, 2. Massive Investment in Continuous Integration, 3. Rethinking our Assets. The choices we made might seem risky and even counter-intuitive, but understanding them could help other organizations consider different points of view and priorities as they embark on the transition to Agile. Additionally, we will identify ongoing challenges and what is left in our transformation backlog.

Keywords

project management; software engineering; software management; Gap Inc; IT delivery; agile transformation; ambitious pilot project; assets rethinking; continuous integration; massive investment; Feedback; Investments; Large-scale systems; Marketing and sales; Pain; Phase estimation; Project management; Robustness; Switches; Testing; Agile Transformation; Continuos Integration; Gap; Iterative Development; Test Automation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Agile, 2008. AGILE '08. Conference

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3321-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/Agile.2008.87

Filename

4599459