Rama Pulivendla's Profile
 | Agnity Technologies |
Rama Pulivendla | |
Program Manager, Agnity Technologies | |
confidential Gurgaon, India | |
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Professional summary
Currently working as Director Engineering in Agnity Technologies.
Previously worked as Senior Technical Architect in TechMahindra, Senior Enginerring Project Manager in Flextronics Software Systems (Currently Aricent)
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Current Experience:
Program Manager, Agnity Technologies
Current Experience: Program Manager, Agnity Technologies
Previous: Director, Agnity Inc
Director, Agnity Technologies
Director, Agnity Inc
TECH Mahindra Senior Technical Architect
Senior Technical Architect, TechMahindra Ltd
TECH Mahindra Senior Technical Architect
Senior Technical Architect, TechMahindra Ltd
TECH Mahindra Senior Technical Architect
Senior Technical Architect, TechMahindra Ltd
Senior Engineering Project Manager, Flextronics Software Systems
Senior Engineering Project Manager, Flextronics Software Systems
Senior Engineering Project Manager, Flextronics Software Systems
Systems Ltd Systems Manager, Wipro Systems Ltd
Systems Ltd Systems Manager, Wipro Systems Ltd
Systems Ltd Systems Manager, Wipro Systems Ltd
Director Engineering, BPL Systems And Projects Ltd Senior Engineer Agnity Inc
Projects Ltd Senior Engineer, BPL Systems And Projects Ltd
Director Engineering, BPL Systems And Projects Ltd Senior Engineer Agnity Inc
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Regional Engineering College, Calicut
Regional Engineering College, Calicut
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18.0 Years
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Telecom, Director Engineering
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Contribution score:(124 points)
- Contacts: 4 connections, 9 following, 2 followers
Rama Pulivendla's Experience
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Program Manager, Agnity Technologies |
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| Communications and Networking | ||
Working from 1990 | ||
| Current : |
Program Manager, Agnity Technologies |
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| Communications and Networking | ||
Working from 1990 | ||
| Previous : |
Director, Agnity Inc |
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Worked from 2008 to 2012 | ||
Brief summary :
Duration Organization Designation May 08 to till date Agnity Inc Director Engineering | ||
| Previous : |
Director, Agnity Technologies |
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Worked from 2008 to 2011 | ||
Brief summary :
Project Management for a design and development project. Design and development on real time embedded systems Duration Organization Designation May 08 to till date Agnity Technologies Director Engineering | ||
| Previous : |
Director, Agnity Inc |
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Worked from 2008 to 2008 | ||
Brief summary :
Duration Organization Designation May 08 to till date Agnity Inc Director Engineering | ||
| Previous : |
TECH Mahindra Senior Technical Architect |
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Worked from 2006 to 2008 | ||
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August 06 to April 08 TECH Mahindra Senior Technical Architect | ||
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Senior Technical Architect, TechMahindra Ltd |
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Worked from 2006 to 2008 | ||
Brief summary :
TechMahindra Ltd (From August 06 to April 08): Designation: Senior Technical Architect Worked in Service Assurance, Provisioning and Fulfillment area (OSS) Project Details: Traffic Management - Legacy and 21CN (IP Network) Responsible for end to end for the traffic management solution on the PSTN network. Data Management - Legacy and 21CN (IP Network) Provisioning of data for Trunks, circuits and routes across on the network Development Environment Java/J2EE, Spring framework, Hibernate, JUNIT, Unix, Weblogic Tools used - CruiseControl, Cobertura, Selenium, QTP Agile coach and regular trainer on Agile methodologies, driving the Agile process implementation in the company Mentoring team members - Development, Testing/QA and Support teams. Negotiating with the customers on the estimates and helping them in prioritizing them Responsible for development, testing/QA and support activities Proactively resolving issues on the LIVE environment. Working as a business analyst for the customer. Coordination with other modules and driving the System Integration and verifying the end to end functionality Integration of third party tools like Metasolv ASAP with the application Flextronics Software Systems (currently Aricent) (From Aug 96 to July 06) Designation: Senior Engineering Project Manager Major Responsibilities: Program, Project and Delivery Management Technical Architect role for multiple projects Driving and preparing Project proposals Preparing Technical Solutions and effort estimates Requirements analysis, Estimation and tracking Tracking schedule, effort, and scope variance during the project life cycle Leading the Release Test and QA activities and driving the deliveries Participation in the quality audit (auditee and auditor) Recruitment process - Campus, off campus, experienced people etc. Developing and Incorporating of best practices in the group/company System integration activities for the end to end solution delivery Lab Management (managing more than 200 Solaris machines and 200 desktops for multiple projects in the group) - Optimum utilization of resources, LAN and Router management, space and distributing resources among various projects Major Projects worked: IMS Application Server Development UMTS Wireless (3G Terminal) stacks GPRS Terminal Stacks development Satellite Phone (supports GSM/GPRS as well)MMI and Mobile phone software Development and support WAP Server/Client stack, SMSC Development Satellite Phone (supports GSM/GPRS as well) MMI Enhancements DNS Server Development on VxWorks Ethernet Switch Development ATMPON Project (Layer 2 bridge) WAN Switch Supports FrameRelay, X.25 and various other protocols Network Management Test tool development to simulate customer environment Frame Relay Protocol Stacks Wipro Systems, Bangalore (From March 95 to August 96): Designation: Systems Manager DMS100 (Nortel PSTN switch) SS7 related protocol modules and features (ISDN, ISUP, BTUP and DPNSS protocols), Enhancements, bug fixing etc. BPL Systems and Projects Limited (From Jan 90 to Mar 95): Designation: Senior Engineer PBX Development - Features, call processing, E and M trunks, etc Other Details: Date of Birth : 25-Aug-1968 Sex: Male Address : 30, Second floor, A1 Block South City II, Gurgaon 122001 e-mail id : ramkip@yahoo.com Mobile: +91 9811816103 | ||
| Previous : |
TECH Mahindra Senior Technical Architect |
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Worked from 2006 to 2008 | ||
Brief summary :
August 06 to April 08 TECH Mahindra Senior Technical Architect | ||
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Senior Technical Architect, TechMahindra Ltd |
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Worked from 2006 to 2008 | ||
Brief summary :
TechMahindra Ltd (From August 06 to April 08): Number of years in this organization: 1 year 9 months Designation: Senior Technical Architect Traffic Management application in the telephone network Off-shore development, support, etc Responsible for everything for the traffic management on the network Successful implementation of Agile project management methodologies in TechM, Noida Software development in Java/J2EE Tools used - Junit, CruiseControl, cobertura Frameworks used: Spring, Hibernate, Struts CSAM n: Transition of project from BT to TechM Traffic Management of voice calls on multiple switches Agile techniques Transition of project from onsite to offshore To bring the project to steady state of development Acting as business analyst for the end users. Flextronics Software Systems (formerly known as Hughes Software Systems and currently known as Aricent) Number of years in this organization: 10 years Designation: Senior Engineering Project Manager Major Responsibilities: Project proposals Second Level Management People Management Handling Multiple projects in wireless and embedded (telecom) Consultant role for some of the projects Requirements analysis, tracking and management Conducting Design reviews and code reviews and collecting metric. Tracking the schedule, effort and size variance during the project life cycle Release Bulletins for major releases Performance reviews of the sub-ordinates including first level managers Lab Management responsibility Major Projects handled: Application Server Development(Aug 05 to Aug 06) (1 year) FSS has developed the SoftSwitch as part of the Next Generation Network products. The next development in this regard is the development of Application server. The deliveries are being made in multiple phases. First release delivery has been made. Currently working on the next release to integrate HSS with Application server. My main involvement in the following activities - Project Management and People Management Defining the scope of work. Packaging and Release delivery Support for the earlier deliveries Participation in design discussions etc. Team Size: 40-50 Engineers. Development platform: Solaris Host platform: Solaris DB used: MySQL, Alcatels Proprietory in Memory database - gRedundancy with Context pools Languages used: C UMTS Wireless stacks (from Apr05 to Dec 05)(9 Months) FSS has developed UMTS wireless stacks (Node B and RNC). Currently involved in enhancing the stack layers to support 3GPP Release 6 specifications. My main involvement is in the following activities - Program Management Customer interface for the product related services Working on the Technical proposals Team Size: 20-30 Engineers. Development platform: Solaris Host platform: Solaris,Vxworks DB Used: None Languages used: C UMTS UE Stack development (Sep 03 to Dec 05)(2.5 years) FSS has developed UMTS and GPRS UE stack components. In the UMTS UE stack, FSS has developed the complete stack components (NAS and AS). Since my involvement, we were involved in enhancing the UE stack layers to support Rel 4, Dec 01 specification. Apart from this, we were also involved in the Interop testing with the FSS RNC and SGSN. Currently involved in enhancing the stack to support Rel 5 June 03 specification. Apart from this development, I was involved in the following activities - Program/Project Management Working on the Technical proposals Customer interface for the product related services Defining the scope of work. Team Size: 20-30 Engineers. Development platform: Solaris Host platform: Solaris,Vxworks DB Used: None Languages used: C GPRS Stack development/Enhancements (Dec02 to Apr 03) (5 months) FSS is involved in developing the GPRS stack and enhancing the same to support Rel 4 specifications for the LLC, SNDCP, GMM, SM and RLC/MAC layers. My involvement is in the following Project proposals Project Management Team Size: 10 Engineers. Development platform: Solaris Host platform: Solaris,Vxworks DB Used: None Languages used: C MMI Software support activities (June 02 to Jan 04)(1.5 years) FSS was involved in doing a few enhancements to mobile phone (GSM and SAT) like WAP Client stack integration Support for different languages like Arabic, Hindi etc on the phone Support for sending and receiving SMS (as per Unicode standards) in these languages I am involved in the support of the software developed earlier by FSS. Team Size: 3-5 Engineers. Development platform: Solaris Host platform: Solaris,Vxworks DB Used: None Languages used: C MMI and Mobile phone software Development (Sep 02 to Aug 03)(1 year) FSS is involved in developing the MMI for a mobile phone supporting both GSM and Satellite calls. Apart from MMI, FSS was also involved in porting the stacks from one platform to another. FSS is also involved in developing the adaptaion layers for the new development. My involvement is in the following Requirements analysis Project proposals Value adds to the customer Second level management Program Management Team Size: 15-20 Engineers. Development platform: Solaris Host platform: Vxworks, Nuclues Plus DB Used: None Languages used: C WAP Server/Client stack Development (Aug 01 to Sep 02)(1 year) FSS was involved in the development of WAP Server stack complaint to version 1.1, 1.2 and version 2.0. Along with the server stack, client stack was also developed/enhanced. My involvement is in the following Requirements analysis Project proposal Second level management Program Management Project Management Interface with the other projects Customer support activities Team Size: 10-20 Engineers. Development platform: Solaris Host platform: Solaris,Vxworks DB Used: None Languages used: C MMI Enhancements (Jan 01 to June 02)(1.5 year) FSS was involved in doing a few enhancements to mobile phone (GSM and SAT) like WAP Client stack integration Support for different languages like Arabic, Hindi etc on the phone Support for sending and receiving SMS in the new languages My involvement is in the following - Requirements analysis Project proposal(s) Project Management Techincal Consultant Guiding people Customer support Team Size: 10-20 Engineers. Development platform: Solaris Host platform: Vxworks, Nuclues Plus DB Used: None Languages used: C DNS Server Development (July 02 to Nov 03)(1.5 year) FSS is involved in developing DNS server on the VxWorks Platform My involvement is in the following Requirements analysis Project proposal Project Management Technical Consultant Guiding people Interface with the other projects Team Size: 5-10 Engineers. Development platform: Solaris Host platform: Vxworks DB Used: None Languages used: C Ethernet Switch Development (from Aug 00 to Jan 01)(5 Months) FSS was involved in the development of a Ethernet switch. My involvement is in the following - Requirements analysis Project proposal(s) Project Management Design discussions and reviews Team Size: 10-15 Engineers. Development platform: Solaris Host platform: Vxworks DB Used: None Languages used: C ATMPON Project (from July 99 to April 00) (1 year) FSS involved in the software development of Ethernet UNI board. This UNI module provides an inter-working connection between a remote network over ATM interface in the ONT and an Ethernet LAN. This inter-working function is based on layer 2 bridging between Ethernet and STM PVCs using LLC encapsulation and de-encapsulation. The UNI also maintains the necessary databases for dynamic learning and filtering of various addresses required for layer 2 bridging. The processor used is Motorolas PowerPC (MPC8260) and the OS used is ThreadX. In this project, my involvement is in Requirements analysis. Involvement in the architecture design Design and code reviews Integration test and Acceptance test plan Integration test leader. Team Size: 5-8 Engineers. Development platform: Sola | ||
| Previous : |
TECH Mahindra Senior Technical Architect |
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Worked from 2006 to 2006 | ||
Brief summary :
August 06 to April 08 TECH Mahindra Senior Technical Architect | ||
| Previous : |
Senior Technical Architect, TechMahindra Ltd |
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Worked from 2006 to 2006 | ||
Brief summary :
TechMahindra Ltd (From August 06 to April 08): Designation: Senior Technical Architect Worked in Service Assurance, Provisioning and Fulfillment area (OSS) Project Details: Traffic Management - Legacy and 21CN (IP Network) Responsible for end to end for the traffic management solution on the PSTN network. Data Management - Legacy and 21CN (IP Network) Provisioning of data for Trunks, circuits and routes across on the network Development Environment Java/J2EE, Spring framework, Hibernate, JUNIT, Unix, Weblogic Tools used - CruiseControl, Cobertura, Selenium, QTP Agile coach and regular trainer on Agile methodologies, driving the Agile process implementation in the company Mentoring team members - Development, Testing/QA and Support teams. Negotiating with the customers on the estimates and helping them in prioritizing them Responsible for development, testing/QA and support activities Proactively resolving issues on the LIVE environment. Working as a business analyst for the customer. Coordination with other modules and driving the end to end integration and testing of modules Integration of third party tools like Metasolv ASAP with the application Flextronics Software Systems (currently Aricent) (From Aug 96 to July 06) Designation: Senior Engineering Project Manager Major Responsibilities: Program, Project and Delivery Management Technical Architect role for multiple projects Driving and preparing Project proposals Preparing Technical Solutions and effort estimates Requirements analysis, Estimation and tracking Tracking schedule, effort, and scope variance during the project life cycle Leading the Release Test and QA activities and driving the deliveries Participation in the quality audit (auditee and auditor) Recruitment process - Campus, off campus, experienced people etc. Developing and Incorporating of best practices in the group/company Lab Management (managing more than 200 Solaris machines and desktops for multiple projects in the group) - Optimum utilization of resources, space and distributing resources among various projects Major Projects worked: IMS Application Server Development UMTS Wireless (3G Terminal) stacks GPRS Terminal Stacks development Satellite Phone (supports GSM/GPRS as well)MMI and Mobile phone software Development and support WAP Server/Client stack, SMSC Development Satellite Phone (supports GSM/GPRS as well) MMI Enhancements DNS Server Development on VxWorks Ethernet Switch Development ATMPON Project (Layer 2 bridge) WAN Switch Supports FrameRelay, X.25 and various other protocols Network Management Test tool development to simulate customer environment Frame Relay Protocol Stacks Wipro Systems, Bangalore (From March 95 to August 96): Designation: Systems Manager DMS100 (Nortel PSTN switch) SS7 related protocol modules and features (ISDN, ISUP, BTUP and DPNSS protocols), Enhancements, bug fixing etc. BPL Systems and Projects Limited (From Jan 90 to Mar 95): Designation: Senior Engineer PBX Development - Features, call processing, E and M trunks, etc Other Details: Date of Birth : 25-Aug-1968 Sex: Male Address : 30, Second floor, A1 Block South City II, Gurgaon 122001 e-mail id : ramkip@yahoo.com Mobile: +91 9811816103 | ||
| Previous : |
Senior Engineering Project Manager, Flextronics Software Systems |
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Worked from 1996 to 2006 | ||
Brief summary :
August 1996 to July 2006 Flextronics Software Systems Senior Engineering Project Manager | ||
| Previous : |
Senior Engineering Project Manager, Flextronics Software Systems |
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Worked from 1996 to 2006 | ||
Brief summary :
August 1996 to July 2006 Flextronics Software Systems Senior Engineering Project Manager | ||
| Previous : |
Senior Engineering Project Manager, Flextronics Software Systems |
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Worked from 1996 to 1996 | ||
Brief summary :
August 1996 to July 2006 Flextronics Software Systems Senior Engineering Project Manager | ||
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Systems Ltd Systems Manager, Wipro Systems Ltd |
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Worked from 1995 to 1996 | ||
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April 1995 to July 1996 Wipro Systems Ltd Systems Manager | ||
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Systems Ltd Systems Manager, Wipro Systems Ltd |
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Worked from 1995 to 1996 | ||
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April 1995 to July 1996 Wipro Systems Ltd Systems Manager | ||
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Systems Ltd Systems Manager, Wipro Systems Ltd |
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Worked from 1995 to 1995 | ||
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April 1995 to July 1996 Wipro Systems Ltd Systems Manager | ||
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Director Engineering, BPL Systems And Projects Ltd Senior Engineer Agnity Inc |
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Worked from 1990 to 1995 | ||
Brief summary :
January 1990 to February 1995 BPL Systems and Projects Ltd Senior Engineer Professional Experience Agnity Inc (working from May 08): Designation: Director Engineering Responsible for the driving the projects from India Tracking deliveries (Schedule, Efforts and Cost) Development and QA activities Program management Both Services and Product development activities Handling projects in the telecom domain SIP testing tool product development Value Added Services on the IMS network Mobile application development in the VAS domain Embedded software development (CPEs) Projects in Enterprise vertical Healthcare Financial domain Prototype activities Stock Market tool Application Manager Development Environment C, C++, Java/J2EE, Spring framework, Hibernate, JUNIT, Unix, Linux Tools used - CruiseControl, Cobertura, Selenium , Hudson Setting up the quality process - combining both Waterfall and Agile methodologies Successful Implementation of Agile methodologies across the company Incorporation of best practices across the company Driving the recruitment process Worked on Marketing material to update the capabilities and processes Driving the Program Review meetings. | ||
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Projects Ltd Senior Engineer, BPL Systems And Projects Ltd |
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Worked from 1990 to 1995 | ||
Brief summary :
January 1990 to February 1995 BPL Systems and Projects Ltd Senior Engineer ACHIEVEMENTS Successful delivery of variuos projects handled in various technologies - WAN (FrameRelay,ATM, X.25..), WAP Client and Server including, Mobile Terminal Software developments and Application Server Multiple Individual and team awards WORK EXPERIENCE Agnity Technologies (current employer, working from May 08) : Designation: Director Engineering Responsible for the driving the projects from India Defining the Project execution processes (Waterfall and Agile) Driving the Agile methodologies implementation across the company. Software development in Java/J2EE Tools used - Junit, Hudson, cobertura Frameworks used: Spring, Hibernate, Struts | ||
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Director Engineering, BPL Systems And Projects Ltd Senior Engineer Agnity Inc |
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Worked from 1990 to 1990 | ||
Brief summary :
January 1990 to February 1995 BPL Systems and Projects Ltd Senior Engineer Professional Experience Agnity Inc (working from May 08): Designation: Director Engineering Responsible for the driving the projects from India Tracking deliveries (Schedule, Efforts and Cost) Development and QA activities Quality as defined Program management Both Services and Product development activities Handling projects in the telecom domain SIP testing tool product development Voicemail services on the IMS network Mobile application development Embedded software development (CPEs) Projects in Enterprise vertical Healthcare Financial domain Prototype activities Stock Market tool Application Manager Development Environment C, C++, Java/J2EE, Spring framework, Hibernate, JUNIT, Unix, Linux Tools used - CruiseControl, Cobertura, Selenium , Hudson Setting up the quality process - combining both Waterfall and Agile methodologies Successful Implementation of Agile methodologies across the company Incorporation of best practices across the company Driving the recruitment process Worked on Marketing material to update the capabilities and processes Driving the Program Review meetings. | ||
Rama Pulivendla's Education
Regional Engineering College, Calicut |
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| B.Tech/B.E. | |
| India | |
| From 1985 to 1989 | |
Regional Engineering College, Calicut |
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| B.Tech/B.E. | |
| India | |
| From 1985 to 1989 | |
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Compare the user profile of 500 million mobile subscribers. How many home PCs are there? How many of them are aware of the power of Internet? Usage of PCs and Mobiles - Yes mobiles are mainly used for voice and text. Access of Internet on mobile is... |
There are many colleges which are below par. Quality of studies in these colleges to be improved. Also need to nurture and mentor juniors so that they can take up the role |
Having been involved in implementing SMS in other languages other than Latin languages, I think there is one more issue to support SMS in Indian languages i.e usage by the end user. Implementation and key pad mapping can be done with the technology... |
I go with the experience in executing the projects, though I don't want to discourage the usage of PM Tools and Techniques. Tools and Techniques increase the chance of making a project successful. When executing the projects, it is not just the tools... |
Agile is very good for all the stake holders involved. For the customer, it gives the best ROI. For the developers, focus is very much there... But whether to say that Agile is mature enough - No I don't agree. There are plenty of people who are... |
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