Session 2:  Backlog management and release planning Agil e AL M Vi rtua l St udy  Grou p Se rie s for information on registration and details on the different sessions During the second session on this series, we review the key element of a Rational Team Concert (RTC) project based on the Scrum-Agile ALM process template. IBM Rational Solution for Agile ALM with Scrum . Explore elements in an Agile ALM project Share a product vision Create and manage a product backlog Plan a release After this session,... [More]

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Session 1: Understand and reuse the technical solution assets (See the Agil e AL M Vi rtua l St udy  Grou p Se rie s for information on registration and details on the different sessions)   During the first session on this series, we want to describe what the  IBM Rational Solution for Agile ALM with Scrum is, and what are the technical assets it contains. We also want people to understand how to find, install, and use those assets quickly. So we will cover the following topics: Explore the IBM® Rational... [More]

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As promised in Part 1 , I have continued my effort to document  the differences between the RTC Scrum template and the  Agile ALM Scrum template. The summ ary- of-d iffe renc es docu ment ,   Lin k-to -Sum mar y , h as been updated with links to detailed information on the revised Defect and Story  workflows . (See the first bullet under  Work Item Types and Attributes .) The states and actions for these two work item types caused some confusion in the user community. T he  Agile ALM Scrum... [More]

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All activities of the Agile ALM Virtual Study Group are now completed. More information on each session (files, recording, workbooks) is available from:. Virtual Study Group Part 1:   htt p:// bit. ly/A alm_ S 1 Virtual Study Group Part 2:   htt p:// bit. ly/A alm_ S 2 Virtual Study Group Part  3:   htt p:// bit. ly/A alm_ S 3         The IBM  Rati onal  Sol utio n fo r Ag ile  ALM  with  Scr u m (aka  Agile ALM ) is a solution for customers looking to adopt Scrum... [More]

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The  New  Deal  for  Sof twar e De velo pmen t   -  Ha ve you signed it yet?  This panel discussion will explain the thinking behind the need for "A New Deal" and answer questions from the audience. The panel and moderators are all original signatories and invite you to join them on Tuesday, September 17, at 12noon EDT. Panelists:  Walker Royce, Chief Software Economist, IBM  Scott Ambler, Senior Consulting Partner, Scott Ambler + Associates  Philippe Kruchten, Professor,... [More]

At or around Innovate 2013, IBM released a new Agile ALM Scrum process template for RTC.  The Agile ALM Scrum template is based on the Scrum template, with modifications promising better support for  Agile Planning with Scrum .   After reviewing the new template, I became interested in morphing a Scrum-based project to the Agile ALM Scrum definitions. My first step was to create a summary of the differences between the two templates. (Thank you to the template authors for their help in finding and understanding these changes.)... [More]

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     Recently, Ken Schwaber--an Agile thought leader, co-creator of Scrum and someone I think very highly of--posted a controversial blog entry " unS AFe  at A ny S pee d " during Agile2013. During my career as an agile transformation consultant, I have had the opportunity to work with Ken, Dean Leffingwell of SAFe and both Scott Ambler and Mark Lines of Disc ipli ned  Agil e De live r y . I have studied their histories, intensely reviewed their current approaches beginning in 2007 and... [More]

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One of the things that I enjoy most about conferences like Agile2013 is the opportunity to hear different perspectives. It reinforces that a practice that one team deems critical may be utterly unhelpful to another team working in a different context. Two people were discussing why there might be so much demand for a session on negotiation: One took the need for negotiation skills to be a "smell"...that perhaps the team was having issues due to not delivering value on a cadence. Or, perhaps the team had very long cycles that caused... [More]

In response to: 10 Reasons to Consider Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) Scott Ambler presents an in-depth, live, virtual class: "Disciplined Agile Delivery Overview" on Thursday, June 20th. [Fee: $100 (register below); 3 PDUs]   Enrollment and details: http ://d isci plin edag ilec onso rtiu m.or g/ev ents ?eve ntId =690 688& Even tVie wMod e=2& Cale ndar View Type =0&S elec tedD ate= 6/18 /201 3

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During my career, I have used many Agile methods/processes. IBM’s Agile with Discipline (AWD) happens to be one of them; therefore, I would be remiss if I did not share my experiences learning and using it. I first stumbled upon AWD in 2008 while evaluating a Scrum implementation for a major telecommunications company.  I heard the company had, at one time, considered AWD and then decided to hire another company that used Scrum.  As I was an IBM employee and this was an IBM offering, my already inquisitive nature was definitely... [More]

10.    We are highly interactive virtual community--not just a forum or distribution list The DevOps Community provides a collaborative environment with discussion groups, work groups focused on hard topics, interaction with some of the world's recognized thought leaders, webinars with interactive Q&A, training for specific practices and more. Better yet, these opportunities are almost always free. 9.      We are community-driven and focus on topics of greatest interest to the community The enablement... [More]

And, so it is with sadness that the Zone departs Disney ... ahem... Innovate 2013    But, with Tropical Storm Andrea moving in....   (The Zone apologizes to Walt....) Hiiiiii Hoooo!!!!!   Hiiiiii Hoooo!!!!! Hi-Ho... Hi-Ho.... It's off to TSA we go.... With the world famous Darrel Rader Sr Mgr, WW Capability and Community Development at IBM Rational http ://w ww.l inke din. com/ in/d arre lrad e r http s:// twit ter. com/ darr el_r ade r http s:// www. face book .com /dar rel. rade r   ... and then to home. M Kevin... [More]

The Zone had an early morning skip level meeting.... more like skip three levels to kick off the day.... to start off a rockin' day.   It is with profound gratitude that the Zone wishes to thank Dennis Schultz of IBM Rational Unleash the Labs. Dennis took time in his busy schedule to meet with one of the Zone's clients to walk through Rational Functional Tester.  The session was highly educational for the client.  It cleared up one of the architectural hurdles they face in implementing an improved Requirements->Test... [More]

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Today was a busy day for the Zone.   1) A client arrived at the Zone with an agile planning conundrum.  It seemed that the development cycle time of two different types of software (two different languages) we so incompatible that the best the team could do sprint length wise was in the order of months.  Upon review, it turned out that the client needed finer grained impact analysis between the two sets of software.  When this could be understood, assessment of the difficulty (read story points) would be more accurate. ... [More]

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