Valtech

Infobox Company
company_name = Valtech
company_
company_type = Public company (Euronext: [http://www.euronext.com/trader/advancedmarket/0,4772,1732_6834,00.html?selectedMep=1&isinCode=FR0004155885] ) | foundation = Paris (1993)
location = Paris, France
key_people = Lars Bladt, Chairman
Jonathan Poole, CEO
industry = IT Consulting Management Consulting
revenue = 100M EUR (2006)
num_employees = 1,200 (2006)
homepage = [http://www.valtech.com/ www.valtech.com]

Valtech is a global technology consulting firm that specializes in Agile software development. Since its founding in 1993 Valtech's consultants have been practitioners and leaders in the subjects of Object-oriented Analysis & Design, Design Patterns, Object-oriented Programming, Iterative Software Development Lifecycle, and Agile Methods. Having a global network of locations throughout the USA, Europe and Asia, as well as equally geograpically distributed clients, Valtech developed many best practices for managing global projects. From their experience with global collaboration and agile methods, Valtech pioneered the application of agile practices to globally distributed project teams as well as how to scale agile methods to large enterprise initiatives.

Valtech services include consulting, collaborative development, training, and project outsourcing. Valtech's Chief Scientist is David Anderson. David is a thought leader behind the Kanban system for Agile project management.

Valtech has created a new category of business transformation services that involve outcome-based software outsourcing anchored by Agile/Lean innovation. As part of this new strategy, the company has introduced the OnDemand(TM) family of business transformation options. The first component, ValueStream OnDemand, aligns the business and IT relationship by clarifying and quantifying the value proposition for a project and measuring them against business value streams. Software OnDemand, a second component, eschews traditional software outsourcing, off-shoring and staff augmentation models by allowing customers to pay for outcomes rather than staff. The final component, Performance OnDemand, encompasses learning opportunities and an overhaul of business processes to help extend the development process into the company culture.

Locations

Valtech is headquartered in Paris, France. Valtech has offices in France, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, UK, USA, India and Korea. Valtech's global development center is in Bangalore, India. The N.American headquarters are in Dallas, Texas.

External links

* [http://www.valtech.com/ Official site]
* [http://blog.valtech.us/ Valtech Blog (US)]
* [http://www.valtech.us/us/index/hot/ondemand_services.html Valtech OnDemand services]
* [http://www.agilemanagement.net/Articles/Weblog/blog.html David Anderson's web site]