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As the Software as a Service (SaaS) model becomes a more widely accepted method of software delivery, traditional software lifecycle methodologies have struggled to keep up. What does it take to do frequent, seamless rollouts of software on a massive scale with minimal capital and staff while also achieving the maximum number of ‘9s’ of service availability? How can the SaaS model become a real competitive advantage that, when combined with Agile and Lean methods, creates better products and more efficient and collaborative organizations?

Robert Benefield is the Director of Platform Infrastructure at Yahoo!. Yahoo! has one of the largest enterprise Agile rollouts in the world with over 200 Agile teams spread throughout the world. Robert will discuss some of the strategies that have been used for managing and maintaining large-scale services for enterprise software companies. He has created innovative solutions that have dramatically reduced deployment time, increased visibility throughout the project lifecycle and allowed on demand configuration.