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A structured framework for assessing team and organizational capabilities for building next-generation software.
Persistent’s Agile Maturity Model is a systematic and objective framework to assess the pervasiveness and consistency of applying Lean & Agile mindset and practices within global software product engineering teams. It allows organizations to understand and benchmark the level of Agile practices and culture, assessing on-the-ground realities, the vision of an organization and constraints of the business.
Persistent’s Agile Maturity Model can be applied to various participants representing different aspects of a Value Stream across the software development process, from idea to actual working solution.
The model’s output is an evolving plan that clearly outlines expectations around process, skills and mindset that needs to be demonstrated by a team across every stage of Agile software development.
Leveraging principles of agile to explore different possibilities allowed K-2 to create a product and bring to market quickly.
30-year legacy of leadership in software product engineering and digital transformation.
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Combining the power of Design Thinking, Hackathons, Continuous Engineering and Agile to build next-generation software products.
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Jiani Zhang is President of the Alliance and Industrial Solution Unit at Persistent Systems. Prior to this role, Jiani was the General Manager of Industrial Sector for Persistent Systems. Jiani has extensive experience in management consulting, marketing, product development and technology management. She also holds expertise in building and growing a business with P&L responsibility and leading teams in business strategy, offering & product development, go-to-market, and sales execution. Prior to Persistent, Jiani has also served as Director of Offering Management for IBM Watson IoT Platform and Head of Offering Strategy for IBM Industrial IoT where she pioneered the creation of the Industrial Analytics/AI IoT solutions.
Vice President, Principal Analyst Serving CIO Professionals
Jeffrey helps CIOs and digital leaders succeed by working with them to improve their software delivery capability and by helping them assess the relevance of emerging software technologies. As a 25-plus-year software industry veteran, he’s helped clients improve their development shop culture, apply Agile and continuous delivery best practices, and build successful developer ecosystems. Jeffrey’s been a developer; managed development teams; built award-winning commercial development tools; and, over the past decade, has helped Forrester clients navigate mobile, cloud, IoT, DevOps, and low-code technologies and tools.
Previous Work Experience
Jeffrey has been with Forrester since 2006. Prior to joining Forrester, Jeffrey worked at IBM, Rational Software, and was part of Accenture’s Advanced Systems Group.
Education
Jeffrey holds a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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