Overview of the IBM solution for Agile ALM

1. The IBM solution for Agile ALM
Overview
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2. Agenda
§ Context
§ Solution Overview
§ Enablement Resources
§ Summary
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3. Agility is a Growing Priority for Customers"
83% of organizations
planned to implement Agile
development projects in
2012 versus 59% in 2011
90% report that agile
software development
improves adaptability to
changing priorities
Agile is increasingly being used
at-scale for mission-critical highquality software-reliant systems,
one of the fastest growing IT
areas world wide
Governments (public sector) and
private sector are both turning to Agile
in light of recession for
faster delivery and better results
Scrum Alliance alone has
issued 176,000 Agile
certifications; 21
countries each have
>1000 certifications
Demand for agile development
employees now outpaces qualified
candidates almost 5:1
Agile focus is shifting from development
to DevOps and beyond
Source: Evans Data Mobile Developer Survey Mobile Development Report 2012 Volume
Source: Business Insider (September 2012)
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4. DevOps takes an end-to-end approach to application delivery
Agile ALM supports agile planning, primary agile entry point into DevOps
Business
Owner
Idea
Plan
and
Measure
Continuous
Business Planning
Service
Developer/Tester
Service
Operations
Develop
and
Test
Release
and
Deploy
Collaborative Development
Target
Customer
Monitor
and
Optimize
Market
Continuous Monitoring
Continuous Testing
Continuous Release and Deployment
DevOps
Continuous feedback and Optimization
Agile ALM
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Lean and Agile principles
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5. Five impediments agile developers face…
… that ultimately slow delivery of innovative software
Spreadsheets
Instant
Messages
Tools
#1 Too much red tape
#2 Lost time due to task switching between tools or duplication of work
#3 Difficulty in coordinating different agile teams with conflicting priorities
#4 Inefficient and inconsistent continuous integration and deployment practices
#5 Being disconnected from customers and stakeholders
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6. Agenda
§ Context
§ Solution Overview
§ Enablement Resources
§ Summary
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7. IBM Rational solution for Agile ALM
Integrated capabilities to support agile planning that can be adopted incrementally
Agile Teams
Product
Owners
Stakeholders
Equip your teams with agile
development management
Leverage Agile Practices
ü Agile Templates
Start off with basic
change management
Manage Change
ü In-context Process Guidance
Define Vision
Plan & Track Projects
ü Release & Sprint Plans
ü Sprint Reviews &
Demos
ü Retrospectives
ü Epics & User Stories
ü Product Backlogs
Add collaborative build and
source code management
ü Issues
ü Tasks
ü Defects
ü Impediments
ü Approvals &
eSignatures
Continuously Integrate
ü Collaborative Source Code Management
Open Lifecycle Integration Platform
ü Multi-level Build Automation
ü Dashboards & Reports
ü Collaboration & Team Awareness
Every component provides
the capabilities of Jazz
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8. IBM Rational solution for Agile ALM
Support for agile teams using Scrum
Key assets to support Agile ALM projects
Agile ALM Enablement Resources
Agile ALM Process Template
Agile ALM Process Guidance
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Latest assets on Jazz.net
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9. IBM Rational solution for Agile ALM
Support for agile teams using Scrum
þ Agile ALM with Scrum Practices (free)
þ Agile Enablement resources (free)
• Published practice web site
• Scenario
• Practices for download
• Demo & Tutorials
• Agile Learning Circle (learning roadmap+)
þ RTC Product extensions (free)
• Scrum/Agile ALM Process Template
þ Products (sold separately)
• Rational Team Concert (free for 10 users)
þ Agile information (free)
• Jazz.net Agile page, IBM.com Agile page
• DevOps & Agile Community
þ Services (sold separately)
• Scrum with RTC QuickStart
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10. Agile ALM with Scrum Practices
Process and tool guidance for key capabilities
Process Guidance
Tool Guidance
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11. Agile ALM with Scrum Practices
Step-by-step tool mentors bridge the gap from process to tools
Links to online help for
details.
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12. Agile ALM with Scrum Process Template
Get the team off to a fast start with pre-defined project artifacts
Roles, Dashboards,
and Plans created
Dashboard populated
with widgets including
burndown, velocity
and plan status
Commonly used work items
can be easily created from
templates
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13. Agile ALM with Scrum Process Template
Create a project and get up and running quickly
Choose process template
Scrum/Agile ALM
(either “local practices” or “JazzNet
practices”)
Build Team & Assign
Roles
Add team members and
assign roles
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14. Agile ALM with Scrum Process Template
Include Scrum-related work in your plan
1) Create work items
using work item template
2) Work items
created in plan
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15. Agile ALM with Scrum Process Template
Access best practices when you need them most
‘How to' guidance
for each work item
Link to tool-specific
guidance
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16. Agile ALM with Scrum Process Template
Access best practices when you need them most
Type information for
each work item
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17. Agile ALM Usage Options
§ Option 1: Browse the published practices on Jazz.net
– No installation required. Easy access from any web browser
§ Option 2: Use the Scrum template with “in-context guidance” provided on jazz.net
– No installation of the practice guidance required.
– Template links to practices on Jazz.net
– Internet connection required to access practice guidance pages
§ Option 3: Use the Scrum template with “in-context guidance” provided locally
– Deploy practices (.war file) to the same application server (Jazz Team Server) as RTC
– Template links to practices hosted on your server
– No internet connection required to access practice guidance pages
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18. Agenda
§ Context
§ Solution Overview
§ Enablement Resources
§ Summary
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19. Agile ALM Enablement Assets
§ Enablement assets help teams:
– Sharpen their agile skills
– Understand the Agile ALM solution
– Experiment with Agile ALM capabilities
– Adopt Agile ALM with Scrum in a project
§ Agile Enablement resources
– Agile ALM with Scrum Lifecycle Scenario
– Agile ALM with Scrum Tutorials
– Agile ALM recorded demonstrations
– Agile Learning Circle (and its agile learning roadmap)
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20. Agile ALM with Scrum Lifecycle Scenario
Activities of a fictitious but realistic agile team
§ Describes the work of an agile team that uses Agile ALM with Scrum
– Product Owner, Scrum Master and Development Team members
– Rational Team Concert to manage plans, work and source code
§ Acts and scenes to describe
– Goals
– Role involved
– High-level activities
Agile ALM Scenario
§ Accessible online at:
– http://tiny.cc/AgileALMR2
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21. Agile ALM with Scrum Lifecycle Scenario (1 of 2)
Curtis (Stakeholder -
Act 1: Set Up Project
customer)
Bob (Product Owner)
Marco (Scrum Master Project Area
Administrator)
Deb (Team member developer,
test, user
research)
Rebecca (Team member
developer,
automation
expert)
Tanuj (Team member developer,
functional &
perf. tester)
Andy (System Admin,
production SME,
perf. tester)
Set Up Project
Create Project
Configure Project
Act 3: Release Planning
Act 2: Create Product Backlog
Create Product Backlog
Share Product
Vision
Populate Product Backlog
Release Planning
Refine Product Backlog
Plan Release
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22. Agile ALM with Scrum Lifecycle Scenario (2 of 2)
Curtis (Stakeholder customer)
Bob (Product Owner)
Marco (Scrum Master Project Area
Administrator)
Deb (Team member developer,
test, user
research)
Rebecca (Team member
developer,
automation
expert)
Tanuj (Team member developer,
functional &
perf. tester)
Andy (System admin,
production SME,
perf. tester)
Plan Sprint
Refine Release Backlog*
Plan Sprint
Code, Test, Deliver
Hold Daily Scrum
Hold Daily Scrum
Act 4: Sprint 1…n
Monitor Sprint Progress
Conduct Sprint Review
Conduct Sprint Review
Conduct Sprint Retrospective
Sprint Retrospective
* Backlog refinement should consume about 10% of the team’s time throughout the
Sprint
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23. Agile ALM Scrum Tutorials
Step-by-step guidance on using the solution
§ Based on the
Agile ALM with Scrum Lifecycle Scenario
§ Tutorials available for each key capability area
§ Detailed step-by-step documents to support
hands-on exercises
– One workbook to set-up the RTC
environment for Agile ALM
– One workbook for each scenario act
– Recorded demos available for each tutorial
§ Download files from Jazz.net
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24. Agile ALM Recorded Enablement (Demonstrations and Virtual Workshops)
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Agile ALM playlist
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25. Agile ALM Enablement
Available when you need it
Links to tutorials and demos are
available from within the tool mentors
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26. Agile Learning Circle on DeveloperWorks
Grow your agile skills or mentor others via social learning
§ A community to support social learning on
Agile practices
– Forums to asks questions or share ideas
and experiences
– Experts zone to find peers, SMEs and
leaders
§ A learning roadmap for agile skills
– Set of activities to acquire agile skills
– Relevant for multiple audiences (different
roles)
§ Accessible online at:
– http://ibm.co/agile-learning-circle
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27. Agile ALM with Scrum page on Jazz.net
Core solution assets available for free
https://jazz.net/downloads/agile-alm-scrum/latest
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28. Agile Content on DeveloperWorks
Share your real-world agile experiences
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DevOps and Agile Community
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29. Other agile enablement sources
§ Jazz.net Agile page
§ IBM.com Agile page
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30. Agenda
§ Context
§ Solution Overview
§ Enablement Resources
§ Summary
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31. IBM Rational solution for Agile ALM
Key assets to support Agile ALM projects
Agile ALM Process Template
– RTC product extension for
Agile ALM teams
Agile ALM with Scrum Practices
– Free, in-context guidance
Agile Enablement Assets
– Scenario
– Tutorials & Demos
Agile ALM with Scrum
– Agile Learning Circle
(Learning roadmap)
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https://jazz.net/downloads/agile-alm-scrum/latest
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32. Agile ALM Scrum Template Enhances the Default Scrum Template
Start a Scrum project more quickly and execute it more efficiently
§ Templates reflect patterns to be adopted consistently across team members
– Provide teams a better “starting point” for their work
§ There is not a “one-size fits all” template
– Every team adjusts templates to reflect their way of working
§ The Agile ALM Scrum process template reflects common usage patterns of Scrum teams
and incorporates best practices used by our consultants to help teams adopt Scrum
(refinements commonly made to the default Scrum template):
– Work item templates simplify the creation of work items for standard Scrum events
– Role-based dashboards and preconfigured plan views improve transparency and ability
to steer projects based on real-time information
– In-context practice guidance and on-demand enablement resources improve usability
and accelerate time to value
§ The Agile ALM template includes everything a team needs to get started, as well as
guidance on what to do next.
§ Leverage the Agile ALM Scrum process template for new RTC projects. Adopt selected
features for existing projects
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33. Agile ALM compared to Core Scrum
Agile ALM with Scrum (IBM)
Scrum framework (Scrum.org)
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34. Agile ALM Practice Assets to Supplement Core Scrum
§ Roles are the same: Product Owner, Scrum Master and Development Team
§ Agile ALM activities
– Develop product vision
– Plan release (not in core Scrum)
– Refine backlogs
– Plan Sprint : Define tasks for stories
– Monitor sprint progress
§ Artifacts
– Product vision
– Release backlog
– Burndown charts
§ Rational Team Concert:
– Work item types and descriptions
– Tool mentors
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35. Differences Between Agile ALM Scrum Template and Default Scrum
Template (Overview)
§ Customized work items directly support the way Scrum teams work:
– Modified story points scale to "T-shirt size": XS(1), S(2), M(3), L(5), XL(8), XXL(13), XXXL(21)
– Added Business Value attribute to Story
– Added Risk work item type
– Removed Adoption work item type
§ Work item templates simplify the creation of work items for standard Scrum events:
– Added two new work item templates for starting a new Scrum project (Project Initiation ) and for starting
a new Sprint (Sprint), each containing standard work items for that activity
§ Role-based dashboards and queries ensure each role has access to information most relevant to that role:
– Added role-based tabs on the team dashboard, as well team-based queries that support agile planning
with Scrum and are used in the dashboard widgets (e.g., Stories Needing Business Value, Stories
Needing Story Points, Open Risks, etc...).
§ Customized plan views (Backlog, Release, Sprint) improve transparency and ability to steer projects based
on real-time information:
– Refined view attributes and organization, refined Taskboard view and new storyboard view. Renamed
Sprints for alphanumeric sorting (01, 02, 03... 10, 11...).
§ In-context practice and tool guidance improve usability and accelerate time to value by providing Information
to teams when and where they need it most, reducing upskilling/ramp up time:
– Scrum event work items contain links to step-by-step guidance for performing that event
– Mouseover work item type description link to see the states and workflow for that type
– Short recorded demos, in-depth tutorials accessible from the tool guidance
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36. Differences Between Agile ALM Scrum Template and
Default Scrum Template (by Template Element)
§ Roles
– Renamed “Team Member” role to “Development Team Member”
– Added Project Area Administrator role
§ Work items
– Modified story points scale to “T-shirt size”: XS(1), S(2), M(3), L(5), XL(8), XXL(13), XXXL(21)
– Added Business Value attribute to Story
– Added a Risk work item type
– Added process guidance to work items
§ Plans
– Improved views for Product Backlog, Release Backlog and Sprint Plans
– Updated Taskboard view and new Storyboard view
– Support for Product Vision, Release Plan and Sprint Goals
§ Queries
– Added predefined queries to support Agile Planning with Scrum (Stories Needing Business Value, Stories
Needing Story Points, Open Risks, …)
§ Iterations
– Added a Trash iteration.
– Renamed Sprints for alphanumeric sorting (01, 02, 03…10, 11…)
§ Dashboards
– Team Dashboard modified to include tabs for Scrum Master, Product, and Development Team
Complete summary of the differences can be found in the Release Notes
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37. What’s New in Agile ALM Release 2 (1 of 2)
§ General:
– Ensured consistency with Scrum Guide 2013
– Provided a set of recorded YouTube demos that describe key aspects of the solution.
– Refined to implement feedback received to date
§ Template:
– Provided two options – 1) Template that links to locally hosted practices (for customers without
internet connection) and 2) Template that links to Jazz-hosted practices (for customers with an
internet connection)
– Updated process description to redirect to the published practices
– Added "type description" links to work item editors that provide rich text mouse-over guidance on the
state machine/workflow for that work item type (replaces "Process guidance" custom attribute)
– Added Sprint Burndown and Team Velocity widgets to Development Team Tab of Team Dashboard
– Loosened role permissions. Added save project dashboard to Product Owner; removed Context
Aware Search from Product Owner; removed Deploy Report Resource from everyone but Project
Admin; added Deploy Report to Project Admin; added Save Change Set Links and Comments to
Development Team Member and Scrum Master.
– Fixed defects:
• Prevent Development Team members from adding Categories to a project (Scrum master can
add categories, Development Team members cannot)
• Address team membership and plan ownership issues (team will own all plans)
• Align end dates of sprints and releases
• Update work item templates to create "retrospective” work item type for task Sprint retrospective
• Fix Defect State Binding. In the new template, the Defect ready for testing state stayed at
resolved, but the Ready for testing state of implementation request was changed to “In Test”.
Defects also have an “In Test state” now.
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38. What’s New in Agile ALM Release 2 (2 of 2)
§ Practices:
– Added tool mentors that describe how to perform key Scrum activities in RTC
– Added guidance on how to "upgrade" existing process templates with the latest Agile
ALM Scrum process template
– Used a standard skin to publish the practices. Practice elements now include key links
and their look and feel is consistent
§ Tutorials:
– Simplified tutorial content and streamlined to enable use in a workshop environment
– Updated tutorials to describe the use of the work item templates provided in the Agile
ALM Scrum process template
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