Venkatesh Arunachalam

Associate Director, VMware Tanzu Labs

Digital transformation is often a multi-year and multi-million-dollar journey for large enterprises. Adopting the ‘Agile way’ is no longer a question; it’s the norm. At Tanzu Labs, we recently concluded an engagement, where we advised a large Australian organisation against following their program plan. The transformation program had a valid business objective and the support of its executives. When we partnered with the customer, the program was already three years into its journey. Projects got delivered on time with cutting edge technologies, modern programming languages, and teams with the right skills. How did the organisation still end up sinking millions of dollars without any return on investment? What went wrong in the middle? How did the right objectives yield poor results?

In this talk, we’ll describe the path to stay clear of the common pitfalls and roadblocks and show you the simple, no-nonsense, buzzword-free way to build great software that delivers value without embarking on a massive program of work.

Venkatesh Arunachalam is an experienced Product Manager, who has helped organisations across the globe achieve their business goals through digital products. He has successfully launched products for financial services, government, life sciences and telcos by bringing together the principles of lean, customer focus and strong engineering practices. He is currently Associate Director at VMware Tanzu Labs, helping organisations in Australia through their Digital Transformation journey and become more product centric.