Software Ownership Transfer

Vinod Sankaranarayanan, a Project Management Consultant at ThoughtWorks, has advised many organizations in the Finance, Travel, Retail, and Healthcare space. Along the way he has handled several large project delivery responsibilities. He has witnessed and driven several sourcing transitions for his clients. Vinod started his professional career in the pre-Agile era and later adapted to the Agile model of working. This has enabled him to empathize with and provide practical suggestions to clients who often find themselves making Agile transitions and sourcing transitions at the same time. Vinod has essayed the roles of a business analyst, tester, pre-sales consultant, program manager, account manager, Agile coach, and practice leader as part of his long IT Journey. Before ThoughtWorks, Vinod worked at Mindtree, a well-known IT services organization. At Mindtree he was one of the founding members of the Business Analysts Council and the Agile Council, focusing on creating organizational capacity to win and execute consulting as well as Agile projects. He lives in Bangalore with his wife Vidya and their children Dhruv and Dyuthi. An occasional blogger and speaker at conferences, his writings, talks, and contact information are available at ownershiptransfer.in

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Challenge with Knowledge Transfers
Chapter 2: Ownership Transfer: Bringing Home a Child
Chapter 3: The Approach 
Chapter 4: The Program 
Chapter 5: Being Agile 
Chapter 6: Culture  
Chapter 7: Engineering
Chapter 8: Infrastructure
Chapter 9: Continuous Business
Chapter 10: Executing Ownership Transfer 
Chapter 11: Process
Chapter 12: Measuring Ownership Transfer 
Chapter 13: The Three Bridges
Chapter 14: Putting It Together
Chapter 15: Conclusion
Chapter 16: Epilogue