Teams are migrating to Agile Methods as a way to develop software faster and with higher quality. Many agile purists believe that agility and outsourcing are contradictory in nature. But the CEO and CFO would like both – an agile development team delivering tangible business value as early as possible and the cost reductions associated with offshore outsourcing. This course covers the difficult topic of how to establish a successful agile development team located in different geographical regions.

Challenges, best practices, collaboration tools, tips and techniques, success stories, failures, and what to avoid are all covered in this detailed review based on the trainer’s 10+ years of experience leading agile teams across an oceanic divide. Exercises are used to allow the attendees to experience the challenges and solutions first-hand in a simulated environment.

The class ends with an exercise discussing your company’s current plans for agile methods and offshore outsourcing and how the techniques presented can be used to provide solutions for this enormous challenge. At the conclusion of this course, the attendees will have a repertoire of techniques to utilize in pursuit of successful harmony between agile methods and offshore outsourcing.