With over 25 years of IT experience, Ms. Wilterdink holds multiple business analysis and agile certifications. As a consultant, Rachael has served clients in the financial, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, non-profit, government, education, and insurance industries. Very active in the professional community, Ms. Wilterdink has served on the boards of both her local IIBA® and PMI® chapters and chaired the Advisory Committees for two local colleges. As a passionate public speaker, Rachael presents various topics at conferences and user groups across the country and the world. Rachael is also a blogger and the author of the popular eBook “40 Agile Transformation Pain Points (and how to avoid or manage them).”

 

Agile has been a huge step forward in terms of successful software delivery, but it hasn’t been without some challenges and issues. The Rock Crusher does a good job of addressing some of these gaps, and provides a logical model for improving the way work flows into and out of a product backlog. Participants will journey on a discovery of how IIBA's Rock Crusher enables Agile delivery teams and come away with applications for a true backlog flow.