An Agile-Lean Transformation: How Getty Images Transitioned to Scrum and Evolved to Kanban (Maritza van den Heuvel, Joanne Ho, Jim Benson)

In 2005, Getty Images was building their software using traditional waterfall practices. At the time, they were generating over US$500 million in annual revenue, most of which flowed directly through their e-commerce website. The site was seeing 11 million unique visitors per month, delivering over 10 million images, and handling 6 million searches per day. This hugely popular site was a 24-7 global cash register for Getty Images and any site downtime affected revenue instantly. (leankit.com)