ABSTRACT
Objectives ◾ Present a case study in Composite Agile Method and Strategy (CAMS) that applies at the
organizational level (as against only at software development level) based on a real-life scenario ◾ Describe the scenario in the context of an insurance organization (hypothetically called
Hartford Insurance Company, “HIC”), which has contracted a consulting company MethodScience to help it transform into one based on CAMS-based operations
◾ Present a typical Agile business transformation timeline spanning 18 months through the HIC case study
◾ Discuss the important issues of “methods friction” in the context of a large organization like HIC and the approach to handle them
◾ Present the embedding of Agile practices within the methods at business, project management, governance, and software development levels
◾ Highlight the evolution of collaborative-Agile processes (from informative to collaborative processes) in the context of the HIC case study
◾ Understand the balance required between the planned and Agile aspects of CAMS and its use through the Center of Excellence (CoE) during the Agile business transformation
Introduction is chapter discusses an example of the practice of Composite Agile Method and Strategy (CAMS) in a real-life situation related to business operations (as compared with the outsourced
pany that operates in the insurance sector. Insurance uses multiple and varying standards and processes, with compliance in multiple jurisdictions to multiple authorities and is illustrative of CAMS within such an environment.
