• DocumentCode
    2579940
  • Title

    Agile Supports Improved Culture and Quality for Healthwise

  • Author

    Long, Ken ; Starr, David

  • Author_Institution
    Healthwise, Boise, ID
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-8 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    160
  • Lastpage
    165
  • Abstract
    Five years ago, Healthwise began transitioning into an agile and lean organization. In 2007, four years after introduction to Agile, Healthwise was identified by the Wall Street Journal as one of the top 15 small employers in the United States [Spors, K., 2007]. Healthwise uses scrum and lean principles to manage multi-disciplinary product development teams. Teams create medical content in XML, produce interactive media in multiple formats,and develop software. This report describes Healthwisepsilas learning experience for agile adoption across multi-disciplinary teams, the measurable results, and how Agile supports the Healthwise culture.
  • Keywords
    XML; learning (artificial intelligence); medical computing; product development; software engineering; Healthwise; XML; agile adoption; agile supports; agile-lean organization; interactive media; multidisciplinary product development teams; multidisciplinary teams; Consumer electronics; Crisis management; Diseases; Job shop scheduling; Licenses; Manufacturing; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Product development; Software testing; XML; Agile; Healthwise; Scrum;
  • 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.2008.61
  • Filename
    4599469