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“ A lot of people have just done Lean or Agile , but I think by bringing these four strategies together we ’ ve done something unique ”
— Guru Vasudeva , Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer ( CIO ) of Program and Application Services , Nationwide
Nationwide has put its weight behind this digital disruption since 2009 . The company spends more than US $ 1.3bn on IT every year , of which around $ 500mn is allocated to technologyenabled transformation programs . It has also invested a huge amount of software development , with around 5,000 to 6,000 full-time employees and contractors writing complex code on a daily basis . To improve this mammoth process , Nationwide set itself an ambitious goal to transform the way in which it develops software by blending four trailblazing strategies : Agile , Lean , DevOps and continuous learning . This is no easy feat , and the journey is far from over . But Guru is certain that it will be a recipe for success . “ A lot of people have just done Lean or Agile , but I think by bringing these four strategies together , we ’ ve done something unique ,” he notes . By releasing software faster and at a higher quality
FEBRUARY 2019