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Tim Arthur
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Principal R&D Program Manager

Tim Arthur holds his MS from Georgia Institute of Technology in Management of Technology. He is a Program Manager as well as innovator and agile champion within SAS at Cary, NC. Prior, he worked for IBM, leading cutting-edge software development projects for global 24x7 mission-critical manufacturing processes. Away from work you’ll find him kayaking, biking, enjoying photography or helping with non-profits.

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5 more ways SAS scaled agile scrum

Last month we looked at the first five of ten key practices SAS has found effective in our ongoing adoption of agile practices. Let’s jump in and look at the next five. Provide coaching options. Great teams have great coaches. Give access to professional coaching as needed, and leverage the agile successes by

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5 ways SAS scaled agile scrum

Look anywhere within the software industry, and you’ll see agile under construction. You’ve read about how it’s helping teams streamline large projects into smaller ones that are easier to manage and deliver. Being swift and agile has long been one of our company values here at SAS, and executing with

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How is being agile different from doing agile?

There’s a reason SAS is a leader in so many different areas, and the adoption of Agile Scrum is no exception. “Scrum” gets its namesake from rugby, and more specifically, the name of a play where all team members lock arms and wrestle for the ball so that the game

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How SAS R&D does agile

Call SAS and you’ll be connected to a real person. That value is important to us. Visit any SAS user event and you’ll meet employees genuinely interested in listening to customer feedback ... employees from every division, even from the internal groups like Research & Development. Capturing customer feedback is