Case Study: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities achieves improved Agile collaboration and better-quality, timely education software with ThoughtWorks

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Customer Case Study

Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (MNSCU) Enterprise Software Development division supports 32 institutions and nearly 400,000 students and staff with enterprise systems for HR, registration, finance and more. As teams across seven offices began adopting Agile, they struggled with manual project tracking in Word/Excel and needed an online tool to support distributed Scrum practices, improve collaboration, and streamline release and sprint planning.

The Web Applications Development team implemented ThoughtWorks Studios’ Mingle to manage user stories, planning-poker estimation, a shared card wall and daily stand-ups, enabling real-time visibility and participation across locations. As a result they deliver more timely, better-tested software that meets customer needs, catch bugs earlier to reduce rework and costs, and have accelerated Agile adoption across teams while planning to expand Mingle further.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities