This session showcases how new Micro Focus and Borland technology supports today’s development lifecycle practices. DevOps and Agile are desirable – but are they achievable? Decide for yourself. Attend this session. Presenters: Scot Nielsen, Snr Product Manager, COBOL and Renato Quedas, VP Solutions Marketing and Enablement

1. Bridging DevOps
Delivery with Agile
Methodologies
Renato Quédas | Vice President Solutions Marketing

2. Customers are facing constant change driven by the
demands of the business and their customers
Being Competitive
• Innovation
• Global marketplace
• Anticipate and respond
Being Efficient
• Mobility
• Hybrid computing
• Open platforms
Being Effective
• Customer insight
• Governance
• Security and Privacy

3. Forrester – Software Delivery Markets are Changing
• Product delivery has become critical to success
• Product teams often lack a clear understanding of
customer needs
• Conflicting priorities put product delivery teams in an
unfortunate bind
• Effective collaboration spans roles, teams, and
geographies
• Unnecessary handoffs and delayed decisions reduce
speed and impair quality
• Successful products require coordination across product
development, marketing, sales, support and operations
• Disconnected “lifecycles” are causing delays and
confusion

4. Market Growth – Agile, Agile Change
• The growth of Visual Cobol is
influenced by:
• Growth in Agile Cross-Functional
teams
• Acceleration of product delivery
cycles
• Agile Growth
• Forrester
• Agile increasing by 35% in 2009
• 70% in 2011
• Actuation Consulting – 73% Agile
growth

5. Agile / Scrum Lifecycle

6. Thank You