Most teams and organizations waste 40% or more of their resources. In larger enterprises and in organizations with compliance requirements, the ratio of productive activities to waste is even more pronounced.  Waste comes in several forms: unnecessary overhead, unnecessary rework, unnecessary features, and building the wrong thing. IBM’s DevOps capabilities can provide better business outcomes through two key advances: 1.     More effective steering through earlier and continuous feedback.... [More]

In the white paper, “ Adopting IBM’s approach to continuous software delivery ,” I discussed an adoption framework for iteratively introducing new capabilities and change by assessing your practices and planning improvements. I concluded by introducing the first steps for planning your DevOps adoption and improvement roadmap. I followed this paper with a four-part blog series that outlined a good four-step process for getting started on your improvements journey ( step 1 , step 2 ,... [More]

Model-based what? Unless you've been living under a mountain of textual specification and source code, you've likely heard of either model-based systems engineering (MBSE) or model-driven development (MDD). The results that I have seen, as a result of implementing these capabilities, have been remarkable. One engineer told me that he had been asked to try to measure the ROI (return on investment) of MBSE. He had responded that it did not matter what the ROI was; he could not do his job without it.   The response from this engineer... [More]

I recently registered to attend a seminar on MMA for work. Then, I happened to mention this plan on social media. Almost immediately, I was inundated by comments and questions from colleagues, friends and family. Why are you going to a mixed martial arts seminar? When did you take up martial arts? One friend questioned, with significant skepticism, my judgment in pursuing a new career in martial arts!   I was, in fact, signing up for a ring-side seat at a seminar regarding the current thinking of the FDA with respect to its intended... [More]

Can't attend Innovate 2014? No worries...we've got you covered! You can follow all of the general sessions, keynotes, and the IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge from the comfort of your desk. Grab a cup of coffee and tune into ibm.com/innovate  for the latest, breaking news, announcements, client success stories, strategy and thought leadership direct from sunny Orlando! Innovate 2014 live stream schedule (EDT)*   Monday, 2 June General Session 08:00 a.m. - 09:30 a.m. Innovate@SPEED Live Keynote 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.... [More]

In this post I would like to take a look at DevOps through a ‘Lean’ lens. If one takes a look at the principles behind DevOps, one sees the roots of Lean. These lean roots, when studied and well understood, provide a framework to start measuring and then using those measurements to instrument the delivery pipeline and eliminate the bottlenecks in the pipeline, making it more efficient and productive.   The goal of DevOps is to deliver software to production, in an efficient manner, minimizing risk, and striving for continuous... [More]

The DevOps Services team will be all over the place at IBM Innovate ! With a bunch of great sessions and interactive experiences planned, there are lots of ways for you to learn about IBM DevOps Services and BlueMix , meet our team, and try out our tools in person. Below you’ll find just a sampling of a few of the places you can learn more about IDS and BlueMix at Innovate. For a full list of sessions and workshops, see the Innovate 2014 Agenda .   Be sure to follow our twitter account @JazzHub for... [More]

The proliferation of mobile devices over the last 10 years, coupled with new trends in wearable technology, is driving us more toward the Internet of Things .  This in turn takes us into interesting new problem spaces.   For many years, development houses—whether delivering systems, products, services or applications—have been wrestling with the triangle of forces that is quality versus cost versus time. However, with the technology trends that we are seeing now—where our devices,... [More]

Why is BlueMix smilin' at me? IBM Innovate 2014 is chock full of sessions and workshops about Codename: BlueMix beta, a flexible platform built on open standards leveraging the best of breed IBM technologies, applications and services. However, you don't have to wait for Innovate to leverage IBM's cloud platform; you can begin your free trial today to: Develop your apps: from concept to live in minutes Scale your app to meet automatic auto-scaling Experience the end-to-end DevOps solution in the... [More]