Frédéric Charles, Suez Environnement

Transform a classic IT department into a Lean delivery machine for digital services At SUEZ Environnement we took the opportunity of a new strategic project, to radically transform the way we conceive, build and deliver internet applications. We changed the way we build internet platforms using the Cloud. Agile methodologies and Lean management were a big help. We learned that architecture is key for performance but also for organising the work. We came to the realization that traditional applications specifications are no longer needed in 2015. We learned ways to manage...

Arnaud Cailleau, SopraSteria

The benefits of Lean IT in Software Testing At a time when our customers expected lower prices and more flexibility, we had to find new levers of productivity because the “classic” methods (recast process, audit, etc.) did not allow us to improve as fast as our customers expected. In that context, Lean IT opened new perspectives: thanks to that approach, we achieved outstanding business results such as a drastic reduction of defects and a strong increase of productivity. Unexpectedly, the Lean IT approach also resulted in a greater commitment of the test...

Nicolas Tricot, BlaBlaCar

Growing the Tech team at ridesharing startup Blablacar This is the story of Christian and Nicolas, two Tech Managers at BlaBlaTech, who shaped the engineering team of the highly successful ridesharing startup. The team has grown from one single French five-person team to a dozen distributed and fully agile teams with 30+ people in only two years. Their main responsibility? Building and scaling the development team by constantly improving engineering processes, integrating and training new talents, and anticipating tomorrow’s organization. Their challenges? Delivering the...

Christian Jennewein, BlaBlaCar

Growing the Tech team at ridesharing startup Blablacar This is the story of Christian and Nicolas, two Tech Managers at BlaBlaTech, who shaped the engineering team of the highly successful ridesharing startup. The team has grown from one single French five-person team to a dozen distributed and fully agile teams with 30+ people in only two years. Their main responsibility? Building and scaling the development team by constantly improving engineering processes, integrating and training new talents, and anticipating tomorrow’s organization. Their challenges? Delivering the...

Giuseppe Conigliaro

Giuseppe’s talk: “The transition path in the most important Italian IT Company: a people centric company focus on a customer centric vision.” Biography Giuseppe Conigliaro is Director of Software Engineering for AlmavivA, the leading Italian ICT company. He has a long and significant experience in planning and optimization processes, application of statistical models and tools for simulation systems and decision support systems, design and development of IT systems. He has worked as an IT consultant for private companies and public sector agencies in...

Kristian Lindwall, Spotify

Spotify has been growing quickly as a company, and they are continuously experimenting with ways of making the company work as effectively as possible. Kristian explained how management and leadership work in a large agile organization like Spotify. What can leadership look like in a large agile organization? How can a leader support autonomy and alignment? How different forms of leadership – both formal and informal, product, organizational and technical – overlap and interact to create successful teams. Biography Kristian is a Team Lead and Agile Coach at...