Delivering Agile is about more than Scrum principles. Agile delivered is about best practices for each individual engagement.

Over 60% of our projects are delivered using Agile methodologies. We are experts at ‘pragmatic Agile’ – making Agile work in the real world and customizing Agile principles to the needs and capabilities of each client.

Our key approaches to Agile Development include:

• Extreme Programming (XP)
  
• Scrum
  
• Lean Software Development (LSD)
  
• Agile Project Management (APM)
  
• Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
  
• OpenUP
  
• MSF for Agile
  

EPAM advantage

While an Agile methodology may offer certain advantages over more traditional waterfall methodologies, EPAM recognizes that there is no ‘one size fits all’ Agile. Successful Agile implementations can be based on a range of different tools and processes. We work with you to identify and implement the practices that work best with your IT resources and that can deliver the greatest advantages to your business.

EPAM’s major development centers are located in CIS countries Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, as well as Hungary and Poland in Central Europe, which offer our global clients developed IT infrastructure, high security standards, and scalable high-skill engineering resources.

Best practices that drive measureable results

Recognized in the software industry as an expert in Agile methodologies, we adhere closely to the best practices that ensure your project is of the highest quality:

• Coding Standards ensure uniform coding, while reducing oversight errors and the time spent for code review
  
• Test Driven Development (TDD) produces verified code more rapidly
  
• Pair Programming enables faster time to release, while contributing more creative and sophisticated ideas to problem resolution
  
• Collective Ownership of Code speeds the error free development process
• Configuration Management avoids delivery delays later on in the project cycle
• Designing for Simplicity results in simpler and cleaner code chunks
• Continuous Improvement addresses development bottlenecks faster by making on-the-fly changes to the source code without affecting the program's functional behavior 
• Continuous Build Integration facilitates progress tracking and enables process continuity 
• Peer Team Reviews detect and remove defects in the development process as early as possible
  
• Project Management introduces transparency and traceability into the project through comprehensive performance reporting and KPIs
  

Unique, powerful tools to capture time and cost efficiencies

We’ve created numerous unique tools to ensure your project capitalizes on the benefits of the most current Agile methodologies. We leverage a unified, centralized Continuous Build approach. A special set of template processes and scripts enable build integration into our centralized Build Dashboard. Our Build Engineering Portal (BEP) is designed to automate source code delivery and replication into your environment on a daily basis.

By integrating a suite of custom built process and delivery tools as part of our engagements (EPAM PMC, Scrum module, and BEP) we are able to deliver software that has fewer errors, is more extensible, easier to maintain and less time-consuming and expensive to support.

EPAM tools also provide accurate, comprehensive, performance reporting and KPI enablement for every production resource. This simplifies and accelerates the personnel assessment and training path. To realize even greater agility, the Scrum modules automate daily reporting activities, eliminating this time consuming routine, and freeing up more time for the development teams. EPAM PMC and BEP significantly reduce overhead in the areas of communications, oversight, and delivery time.

Recognized by industry leaders

Our unique Project Management Ecosystem and Agile expertise have been noted by leading independent industry authorities. In the article, Taking a Scrum Approach to Product Development, Software Magazine references our unique SDLC Platform. Our project management skills were also recently highlighted in a project success story in Project Management Institute's PM Network Magazine.