Agile Tooling: Team to Enterprise

“YAGNI (You Ain't Gonna Need It)” and “Doing the simplest thing possible” are mantras of agile development. A white board, sticky notes, and flip chart paper are by far the best tools for individual teams. However, when coordinating work across 10 - 50 teams across 12 time zones, more tooling is required. Learn how agile enterprises are leveraging tooling to manage their portfolios, projects and products.

Teams are often distributed, offshore and dependent on other teams which require assistance to effectively manage. Furthermore, IT governance requires additional oversight in project and portfolio management for tracking investments, return on investments and reporting status to the business and other executive stakeholders.

This session walks through various phases of the agile software lifecycle and provides tooling examples used to help facilitate each phase. Examples from two 300+ agile development organizations will be referenced to provide a context for the discussion. Specific agile project management tools discussed include VersionOne, Rally and Microsoft Team System, ScrumWorks, Conchango ScrumVSTS, XPlanner, ExtremePlanner as well as traditional workflow tools and manual tools.

UPDATE: With over 500 responses to our recent tooling survey, we have incorporated the tooling results from companies across the world are using to enable, manage and scale their agile processes.

NOTE: While there are many agile tools available for code refactoring, automated tests, automated builds, and test-driven development; this session focuses on agile project management tools for managing portfolios, projects, iterations, teams, tasks, and other project artifacts.

About Pete Behrens

Pete Behrens didn't set out to become a leadership expert. His professional journey began as an engineer, solving technical problems, but life had other plans. Over three decades, Pete has evolved from individual contributor to technical leader to business executive and organizational coach, learning that the most complex challenges aren't technical; they're human.

As Founder and CEO of Agile Leadership Journey, Pete has dedicated his career to helping leaders navigate uncertainty with courage and authenticity. He believes that leadership isn't about having all the answers; it's about having the humility to ask better questions and the courage to step forward when the path isn't clear.

Pete’s debut book, “Into the Fog: Leadership Stories from the Edge of Uncertainty,” captures decades of leadership wisdom through compelling real-world stories. The book reveals how authentic leadership emerges not in moments of clarity, but in the uncertainty of everyday challenges–what Pete calls “the Fog.”

An influential speaker, Pete has shared his insights at various global conferences and hosts the Relearning Leadership™ podcast, where he engages with industry experts and leaders to explore the evolving landscape of leadership and organizational development.

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