DENVER, CO, June 16, 2005 -- The Agile Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, today announced that its Executive Summit full-day session at the Agile 2005 Conference will feature insights from C-level executives into why Agile practices are quickly shifting from developer-led grassroots initiatives to "top-down" programs that help drive company growth, competitiveness and customer responsiveness.

"Agile practices continue to gain acceptance from senior management because they significantly improve software quality and, perhaps more importantly, help drive corporate missions of being more market responsive and customer-driven," said Michael Spayd, Agile 2005 Executive Summit Chair. "Our panel of C-level executives will share first-hand experiences and case studies that attendees can use to build their own successful Agile organization."

The Executive Summit at Agile 2005 will be held on Wednesday July 27. The session will include executive case studies based on real-world Agile implementations, a keynote luncheon led by author and creative collaboration expert Lee Devin, and small group discussions related to implementing Agile programs. Executive panel members include: Rich Freyberg, former CIO of Schwab Capital Markets; Israel Gat, VP of infrastructure management of BMC Software; Eric Olafson, president and CEO of Tomax Corporation and Brian Robertson, CEO of Ternary Software.

For more information on Agile 2005, or to register, visit http://www.agile2005.org/. The deadline for Early Bird Registration is June 24, 2005.

About the Agile Alliance

The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, and helping organizations adopt those concepts. The concepts are outlined in the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. For more information about the organization, visit http://www.agilealliance.com.

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