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Team WIKISPEED uses methods developed by the fastest-moving software companies.  In fact, in many ways we have more in common with Google or Twitter than with GM or Toyota.  Manufacturing and old-thought software teams gather requirements, design the solution, build the solution, test the solution, then deliver the solution.  In existing automotive companies, the design portion of that process alone takes three to twelve years, and then the vehicle design is built for five to fourteen years.  This means it is possible to buy a brand new car from a dealer and that car represents the engineering team’s understanding of what the customer might have wanted twenty-four years ago!  Team WIKISPEED follows the model of Agile software teams, compressing the entire development cycle into one-week “sprints.”  We iterate the entire car every seven days, meaning that every seven days we reevaluate each part of the car and reinvent the highest-priority aspects, instead of waiting ten to twenty-four years to upgrade.  This process enables a completely different pace of development.  Our process:

Engaging and persuasive, Scrum co-Creator Jeff Sutherland's new book shares the radical productivity tools of high-tech with the broader business world.

According to Forbes list of the top US IPO’s of all time (all in the last 25 years), we have a list of the top creators of new wealth on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).