Conference Background
IT Professionals in the finance sector are under pressure from many sides. Not only do they need to be on top of changes in technology platforms, payments processing systems, etc., take into account compliance with regulations and directives from the FSA, European Central Bank and other bodies financial systems, but there is also the need to sustain revenue growth and retain market share in an increasingly competitive landscape. This takes place against a background of volatile trading conditions and uncertainties, in a sector where mistakes can cost millions.
While Agile development methods offer solutions to many of these challenges, the complex and unique requirements of the financial services sector have perhaps slowed the trend to Agile adoption, in particular in organisations where there is a perception that Agile is incompatible with fixed project budgets.
This conference explores the application of Agile given a very special set of conditions; you will hear from industry specialists and those with real experience of applying Agile in the Financial Services Industry. This conference also goes one step further by providing guidance and advice tailored to this sector and introduces participants to providers of consultancy, software and other services that can help them achieve their ambitions and goals.
Key topics discussed will include
- How do finance sector projects differ from other sectors?
- How the finance sector can benefit from Lean and Agile
- What projects benefit most from Agile methods?
- Clarification of Lean and Agile and how they complement each other
- Appreciation and comparison of the main Agile methodologies (Scrum; XP; DSDM)
- What are the barriers to introducing Lean and Agile in financial organisations?
- What is the best way to sell Lean or Agile to your team?
- Real life case studies of Lean and Agile in finance sector organisations
Who should attend:
This is event is relevant to all finance sector organisations for example:
- Building societies
- Clearing houses
- Hedge funds companies
- Insurance companies
- Investment banks
- Ratings agencies
- Regulatory bodies
- Reinsurance companies
- Retail banks
- Pension funds providers
Job roles and functions that will benefit from attending include
- Applications Development Managers
- Business Improvement Heads
- Change Directors and Change Managers
- CEOs
- CTOs
- Delivery Managers
- Development Managers
- Directors
- Enterprise Architecture Heads
- Head of Business Planning and Performance
- Head of Change
- Head of delivery
- Head of IS
- Head of IT
- Head of Quality
- Head of Systems Analysis
- ICT Directors
- Infrastructure heads
- IT Directors and Mangers
- IT Partnership Manager
- Lifecycle managers
- Policy Heads
- Process Improvement Managers
- Programme Directors Managers
- Project Directors and Managers
- Project Office Managers
- Testing Managers
It is also very useful to those from organisations developing applications for the finance sector. |
