Click on the title below to download a case study (pdf document) written by Carl Grice, Software Development Manager, Keynetix - March 2010.
"An Agile approach to Software Systems Development for the Highways Agency"
Testimonials:
"KRC took the time to understand what we were trying to achieve and then tailored all aspects of the training to suit our requirements. Keith delivered an excellent DSDM awareness course to the board of directors followed by a DSDM Practitioner course for all our development managers. Keith recently performed an extremely productive “process health check” with us to assess how our DSDM implementation is progressing.
As a result of this training and the continued support of KRC we are now adopting DSDM on all our development projects, standardising project management throughout our company and scaling DSDM up or down to meet the size and quality requirements of our projects.
KRC are able to provide a mix of solid theory with valuable “real world” experience. If you are considering Agile development and DSDM then contact KRC."
Carl Grice, Development Manager, Keynetix Ltd (www.keynetix.com)
"KRC listened to what we wanted and tailored the agenda to meet our exact needs. The Agile methods workshop and presentation was engaging and informative, and taught us new techniques which have already helped us improve our working practices.
KRC's delivery of the DSDM Atern Foundation training was professional and informative. As well as covering all the core content needed to pass the exam, they helped us relate the DSDM Atern principles to our own workplace, giving us invaluable insight on some key areas that we would like to improve."
Chris O'Connor, Senior Project Manager UK Health, Aviva (http://www.aviva.com/)
VSO is the world's leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Its international IT department delivers services and develops software for offices, staff and volunteers in over 40 different countries.
"DSDM is core to the way we run our IT projects and KRC have been responsible for all our external DSDM training over the past five years.
We have appreciated KRC's flexible approach and the way they have worked hard to understand the context in which we work. Their training is rigorous, challenging and fun. Can it be a coincidence that all but one of our IT staff that KRC trained in DSDM facilitation skills back in March 2005 are not only all still with us, but are currently running projects ranging from software development to the installation of worldwide video conferencing systems to a review of VSO's corporate strategy? I would happily recommend KRC's training services to others."
Nikki Hill, VSO IIT Business Team Manager, VSO (http://www.vsointernational.org/)
"We were really impressed with the quality of the services and patience delivered by KRC, and felt the support and information we received afterwards to be second to none".
Hilary Stevens, Operations Director, Enterprise Systems Business Unit, CACI Limited (http://www.caci.co.uk)
“KRC have consistently delivered high quality training and consultancy to us during the past 5 years, maintaining a 100% exam pass rate for all of our project and business managers.
With their bright, well prepared, professional delivery of often dry subjects, and by relating it to practical real life scenarios within our business, KRC enabled our staff to easily understand, and thereby put into practice, their newly acquired skills. This in turn has facilitated and enabled our high profile projects to be run more efficiently and effectively, thereby delivering more targeted business benefits in an expedient way.”
Neil Attree, Head of IT, Beachcroft LLP (http://www.beachcroft.com)
"KRC have been a key part of our extended team, providing training and facilitation for us and our clients. Having helped us assimilate DSDM throughout LShift, KRC provide us with a valuable sounding board and a source of ongoing practical advice."
Mike Rowlands, Executive Director, LShift (http://www.lshift.net)
“KRC’s experience with Agile methodologies was exactly what Kainos required access to, add to that their project management expertise and you get great value add. The training courses and consultancy services that we used were excellent and are highly recommended for any company looking to extend its Agile expertise”
Michael Barber, Executive Manager, Kainos (http://www.kainos.com)
"Keith has excellent specialist project management knowledge, both traditional (Prince2) and agile (DSDM); this enabled him to guide us effectively during the development of our own bespoke project management and software development method. Keith's collaborative and interactive style facilitating workshops was very effective at helping us explore elements of the project management lifecycle, and to consider and then adopt the practices most suitable for our business."
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