After several weeks of hardening we are proud to release the Timebox Planning Widget Version 3.11.5 . Please have a look at the new feature demos here on Youtube     In order to get an overview of the functionality already available since version 1 and 2 please visit this Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcvclkdfdmOS6AuR62bZ_PA or go directly to the playlists https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcvclkdfdmOS6AuR62bZ_PA/playlists The download from GitHub is  free  as always and runs on any IBM RTC 6.x instance... [More]

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while the  Timebox Planning / SAFe Dependency Board Widget V3.11.3  for RTC Jazz is  currently in hardening phase  and will be released soon you might be interested in how you can use the widget with a  touchscreen (e.g. 82" from Samsung)   for more information please visit my blog  https://timeboxplanning.wordpress.com/ this widget can be downloaded for free from http://jazz-community.org/ https://github.com/jazz-community/rtc-timeboxplanning    

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Speed Up SAFe Program Increment Planning with the New IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) Timebox Planning Widget V3.0.4 and YES, you get it for free as a goodie and NO, not everything free is bad ... convince yourself cu in Las Vegas at IBM InterConnect 2017 ... Session HDR-1406   Timebox Planning Widget V3.0.4 TEASER (incl. setup instructions) Globally distributed teams can easily get into the situation where sticky notes, tape and string no longer fit your needs concerning a virtual dependency board. The... [More]

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At IBM's  InterConnect 2017 (Session HDR-1406)  we are going to present and demo the  brand new Timebox Planning Widget V3  with  SAFe Dependency/Program Board  support and integrated  Absence Management   You are welcome to join us !         New Features coming with Timbox Planning Widget V3   sophisticated dependency management and visualization drag & drop shows the dependencies constantly in the correct color according to your definition in the setup... [More]

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SAFe defines the  Program Board  as follows http://www.scaledagileframework.com/pi-planning/             As a matter of fact, Rational Team Concert (RTC) does not, including IBM's additional SAFe support, provide a similar visualization out-of-the-box . Therefore we have decided to implement a brand new feature named " show dependencies " into the  Timebox Planning Widget V2.9.1   This Feature is planned to be available as freeware in coming fall 2016. Feature... [More]

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Is Scrum and/or SAFe the Framework you want to go for? Are you in Systems Engineering with HW, FW and SW Teams and need to maintain a rolling lookahead plan with lots of dependencies ? Are your Teams distributed all over the world? If you can answer some of the questions with YES I highly recommend you to give the brand new Rational Team Concert  Timebox Planning Widget V2.8.7  with  SAFe  support a chance. It fully supports  SAFe  on the Levels  Value Stream ,  Program  and  Team Of course we... [More]

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Hi Amy et. al. We at Siemens have implemented a brand new RTC Widget called "Timebox Planning Widget with SAFe Support" I'm going to present this at IBM InterConnect 2016 in Las Vegas. Session DOP-3145   If you can't make I would appreciate your feedback. Please have a look at the short videos on youtube. Would this support your work with SAFe at IBM?   How to use the new Timebox Planning Widget with SAFe Support  https://youtu.be/uUz67-Yktec   How to setup the new Timebox Planning Widget with SAFe Support... [More]

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RTC 5.0.2 - Newest improvements for Agile Teams   Event Date: December 2, 2014 Event Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) Hosted By: JL Marechaux (IBM) Presented By: Rolf Nelson (IBM)   Link to PRESENTATION Link to RECORDING   If you care about Rational Team Concert for agile development, DO NOT not miss this webinar! We will cover what's new in RTC 5.0.2 for DevOps including the new RTC Quick Planner task based UI that enables developer's to rapidly create work items and manage their teams backlog and sprints at a... [More]

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The other day,some members of the IBM Rational Services team in India shared a story ...  which I thought was a great DevOps adoption story worth sharing.   I've taken the names out to protect the customer's privacy.   What is this story about? This story is about a customer who provides comprehensive solutions and supply chain logistics management for the trav el/t rans port atio n industry,   As a growing business, this customer faced challenges with the divergence of their solution based on their customers and the... [More]

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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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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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