Iteration Nation: A Revolutionary Approach for IT Success with SaaS Applications

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Iteration Nation A Revolutionary Approach for IT
Success with SaaS Applications
Track IT Executives

• Len Couture Bluewolf
• Lonnie Wills Bluewolf
• Jim Haskin Websense
• Jim Fisher Camp, Dresser McKee
• Bill McNee Saugatuck Technology

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Introduction of Session

• The session today will address how enterprises
  are leveraging Agile principles to optimize their
  SaaS environments.
• Why? Its a new world out there, and the
  business demands innovation now.
• How it will work
• Ill talk about strategies our clients have used
  to achieve success (15 minutes)
• Bill McNee will present on trends in SaaS
  deployment (10 minutes)
• Panel discussion/ QA (30 minutes)
• Session Outcome a How-to guide or Playbook
  for how to address the chasm between the demands
  of the business and the ability of IT to respond
  and deliver success rapidly.

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About Bluewolf

• Industry leader since 2000
• The world's fastest-growing provider of SaaS
  services with more than 1500 clients
• Provides SaaS services for Technology Staffing,
  Database Management, Marketing and CRM Services
• Industrys only customer results guarantee
• Total User Adoption
• Guaranteed Success

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Len Couture Managing Director CIO Practice
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Agile Frameworks and Interactive cycles are to
SaaS what the West Coast Offense is to
Championship Football.
A Playbook for Success
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Agenda

• What is the evolutionary Agile framework
  approach?
• Why is this so important now?
• How it works

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What is the Agile Framework Approach?

• Involve all parties -- work takes place in short
  bursts, keeps focus on a few specific
  deliverables
• Real-time prototyping working models show
  functionality vs. requirement docs that only talk
  about it
• Flexible vs. waterfall approach designed to
  bend with the business process

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Why is the Agile Approach to SaaS Important Now?

• Improved time to value
• Investment optimization
• Risk mitigation
• Alignment

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Industry Validation for the Agile Approach

• INSERT THE FOLLOWING
• Lens real-life CIO experience example
• Forrester Study
• Case Study
• Reference to Panel Examples

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How It Can Work for You

• Evolve Stack management vs. user experience
• Transition from transactional architectures to
  collaborative architectures
• Partner with your business leaders, not your
  vendors
• Think globally, act locally focus on Enterprise
  issues at the micro level

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Whats wrong with this picture?

• How success is measured

• Where Waterfall Approaches force CIOs to focus

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Summary

• Agile framework is a services-based approach to
  evolving your business
• Its the Evolution Revolution
• The Agile framework best leverages technology and
  answers your business needs
• Business cycles are short and always evolving
  your services approach has to be iterative and
  Agile too

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Conclusions

Iterative and Agile Frameworks deliver on the
Promise of SaaS . Solutions that live on the
same timeline as your problems do, resulting in
significant ROI
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Moderated By
Lonnie Wills
Bluewolf
Bill McNee
CEO Saugatuck
James Fisher
EVP
James Haskin
Chief Information Officer
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Thank You

• Len Couture
• lenc_at_bluewolf.com
• Come see us at Booth 413 to get your copy of
  Iterate or Die by Bluewolf Founders Eric
  Berridge and Michael Kirven