ThoughtWorks to Kick Off Monthly Webinar Series on Continuous Delivery Starting September 21, 2011

CHICAGO, Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —

           ThoughtWorks experts on Continuous Delivery, including Jez Humble,
    WHO:   Jim Highsmith and Rolf Russell.

           Continuous Delivery represents a major breakthrough in the
           enterprise adoption and scaling of Agile methods beyond small
           teams and across the organization. ThoughtWorks offers a range of
           in-person and online resources to help IT organization utilize
           Continuous Delivery to deliver high quality software faster, more
           predictably and with less risk. To meet growing demand for
           practical and useful information on Continuous Delivery,
           ThoughtWorks will present complimentary, monthly webinars on the
    WHAT:  various methods and processes to achieve organizational agility.

           Introduction To Continuous Delivery, Sept. 15, 2011 - 2 p.m.
           Eastern
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           Register Here:  (https://thoughtworks2.webex.com/thoughtworks2/
           onstage/g.php?t=a&d=926652595)

           Rolf Russell, ThoughtWorks' Continuous Delivery practice lead, will
           kick off the webinar series with an introduction to Continuous
           Delivery. This talk introduces the principles and practices of
           Continuous Delivery, and aims to make it possible for an
           organization to deliver frequently (weekly, daily or even hourly)
           and confidently. As organizations' Continuous Delivery
           capabilities mature, they begin to develop code that is always
           production releasable, with business stakeholders pressing the
           release button as often as it makes business sense to do so. This
           webinar will touch on systems thinking, build pipelining, trunk-
           based development and automation.

          Scaling DevOps, Sept. 21, 2011 - 12 p.m., Eastern
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          Register Here: (http://www.thoughtworks.com/events/scaling-devops)

           Jez Humble, principal consultant with ThoughtWorks, and co-author
           of Continuous Delivery, will outline how DevOps can be implemented
           in large organizations. He will highlight common issues with
           DevOps adoption, such as managing risk, compliance with
           regulations and frameworks such as ITIL, and meeting auditing
           requirements. He will illustrate how DevOps improves the ability
           of organizations to meet the goals of good governance. He also
           will provide examples of how DevOps has been implemented within
           organizations such as Amazon, and how it moved from projects and
           products to providing infrastructure as a service.

          Stop Doing Agile Start Being Agile, Oct. 20, 2011 - 12 p.m. Eastern
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           Register Here: (http://www.thoughtworks.com/events/stop-doing-
           agile-start-being-agile)

           Adaptive leadership is two dimensional: being Agile and doing
           Agile. Jim Highsmith, Chief Agile Strategist, will explore those
           activities that an agile leader or executive must "do" and provide
           insight on how to "be" Agile. The session will explore how
           adaptive leadership is critical to transforming IT organizations.
           Leading an Agile enterprise requires understanding agility from a
           strategic business perspective as well as understanding how
           practices like Continuous Design and Delivery help create a
           sustainable environment to create highly responsive and value-
           driven IT organizations.

           For more information on all ThoughtWorks events please visit:
           (http://www.thoughtworks.com/upcoming-events). To arrange an
           interview with any of the ThoughtWorks Continuous Delivery
           experts, please contact Christie Denniston at
    INFO:  cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com or 303-581-7760.

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