Agile Coach, PointClickCare (Wescom Solutions Inc.) 2010

ByPaul Henman

Project overview: enhancements to a SaaS (Software as a Service) healthcare solution for Long Term Care Providers.

Note: this was a short-term contract to kick-start Agile adoption.

Responsibilities:

  • Introduced Scrum/Agile practices to three development teams.
  • Coached the Scrum Masters, Product Owner and delegates, and the Scrum team members.

Agile practices introduced:

  • Continuous integration
  • Daily stand up meeting
  • Kanban
  • Pair programming
  • Product backlog; release planning
  • Retrospectives
  • Sprint planning
  • Sprint reviews
  • Task breakdown and estimation
  • Test-driven development (TDD)
  • Timeboxing
  • User Stories: creating, prioritising, sizing

Corporate website: PointClickCare.