Paris, March 17th April 2012 - As a partner in the
deployment of its strategic change program called Agile
Offer Creation, launched in 2011, Schneider Electric chose
Valtech as a global partner for large scale Agile training
and coaching.
Innovation is at the heart of Schneider Electric's
strategy. 9,000 Schneider Electric professionals work
directly in R&D activities, in 22 countries and at 70 sites
worldwide. Among this population, the proportion of
Software Development is growing rapidly. Agile will allow
these teams to deliver high quality products and solutions
faster.
Valtech brings its proven capacity to provide a coherent,
consistent and pragmatic approach toward introducing agile
thinking and methods to large, geographically diverse
companies offering products and solutions.
In the course of the mission, Valtech will deliver Agile
training and coaching to teams at Schneider Electric
worldwide through a global experienced team of
experts. The training content includes an initial 15
courses covering Agile management, project management,
product management and development, and associated coaching
of agile teams within product entities. Valtech will
also provide strategic and process coaching to the internal
Schneider Electric team in charge of Agile deployment.
Erick Bergmann, SE Agile Offer Creation Program Manager,
said "The implementation of Agile development is a
large and challenging transformation for all our R&D
centres worldwide. Our ambition is for our Software teams
to embrace Agile values and apply best-in-class practices
in order to capture new business, increase customer
intimacy and react efficiently to market changes. We
recognized that the quality of training and coaching was a
key factor in order to ensure a successful transformation.
At the end of a thorough selection process, Valtech was
clearly the natural choice for us based on the ability to
understand and address our challenges (size and pace of a
world-wide deployment, diversity of culture and
technologies…)."
Greg Hutchings, Valtech Agile Transformation Lead, said
"We are honored to have been chosen to work closely
with Schneider Electric as a trusted partner on this global
transformation program. Through our training and
coaching services, we work with our clients to introduce
modern agile product development methods and thinking,
thereby improving customer-centricism, flexibility,
efficiency and time-to-market. It will be fantastic
to work with the strong internal transformation team that
Schneider Electric has already created."
About Valtech
Valtech [EURONEXT Paris: FR0004155885 - LTE] is a new
breed of digital marketing and technology agency with a
global footprint in 8 countries (Denmark, France, Germany,
Korea, India, Sweden, UK, USA) and counting approximately
1,600 employees. As a full service digital powerhouse,
Valtech delivers value to its customers at all stages of a
digital project from strategic consulting to design,
conception, development and optimization of business
critical platforms. Through its renewed commitment to
innovation and agility, Valtech helps global brands build
business value and increase revenues through digital
technologies while optimizing time to market and ROI.
About Schneider Electric
As a global specialist in energy management with operations
in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers
integrated solutions across multiple market segments,
including leadership positions in Utilities &
Infrastructures, Industries & Machine Manufacturers,
Non-residential Buildings, Data Centres & Networks and in
Residential.
Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient,
productive and green, the Group's 130,000 plus
employees achieved sales of 22.4 billion Euros in 2011,
through an active commitment to help individuals and
organizations make the most of their energy.
http://www.schneider-electric.com
Contact:
Greg Hutchings
greg.hutchings@valtech.fr
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