Cloudbusting sept 2012
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The document discusses the potential and challenges of cloud computing and agile methodologies, emphasizing the importance of understanding user and provider perspectives, scalability, and various deployment models. It highlights the adoption rates of cloud services, key reasons for implementation and hesitance, as well as lessons learned from agile project management practices, including sprint planning and user story development. Additionally, it outlines upcoming events and provides contact information for further inquiries.
Cloudbusting sept 2012
- 1. Cloud & Agile Richard Bowden True potential for your business Challenges Hype ? Realising the benefits #Cloudbusting2012
- 2. Who Me? A gazillion years experience & more mistakes that I care to remember Start-up experience – PM & IT Consultancy & Mobile medical apps Cloud-arena.com IC4 EI / IDA Cloud Competency Centre #Cloudbusting2012
- 3. Different Perspectives..... Users & Providers #Cloudbusting2012
- 4. Items for Discussion Cloud as a Competitive Advantage #Cloudbusting2012
- 5. If it walks like a duck... Scalability On-demand Yes I'm a cloud Unlimited Capacity Units of Ease of use access #Cloudbusting2012
- 6. Patterns of use #Cloudbusting2012
- 7. Delivery models On Premise Hosted Cloud Shared multi- I own the I rent the tenant servers, servers, environment software, etc software, etc Access to a I have I have less capacity pool – complete control control & fewer Less control & & responsibility responsibilities fewer responsibilities Upfront capital Lower capital costs costs but paying Pay as you go for fixed capacity #Cloudbusting2012
- 8. Software Development Lifecycle All or some on the Cloud ? Development Test Production Analysis #Cloudbusting2012
- 9. Certain practices still apply Management of builds and VM instances Management of dev & test environments Access control to development & test environments Transaction monitoring & reporting #Cloudbusting2012
- 10. Architectural Considerations Application reliability Managing scalability Code base management Upgrade management Authentication & authorisation Security from within Service level agreements Regulatory requirements #Cloudbusting2012
- 11. Single vs. Multi Tenancy #Cloudbusting2012
- 12. Architectural Guidelines Microsoft MSDN – June 2006 #Cloudbusting2012
- 13. Hybrid is another option Not everything needs be on the cloud Use of cloud services for storage Salesforce's database.com Amazon's S3 storage Use and api to link the Cloud based application with an on-premise database #Cloudbusting2012
- 14. Who's doing what with the cloud ? • US Government survey – April 2010 – 45% were using cloud computing • Top 3 services – Web hosting / content delivery – Collaboration – Email #Cloudbusting2012
- 15. Why with the cloud ? • Top 3 reasons for using cloud – Resource savings – Features – Availability & uptime • Top 3 reasons for not using cloud – Cost / lack of a business case – Security – Waiting for others to take a lead #Cloudbusting2012
- 16. More Current Usage Data • US Government – FedRAMP – federal programme for cloud security certification – US Navy – Amazon solution for digital imagery – Naval War College – Cloud based security solution from Cloudlock – Intelligence Community – use of public cloud services – Dept of Labour – Tender for Cloud based email #Cloudbusting2012
- 17. Today's Agile Word Cloud Waterfall Scrum Extreme Programming Kanban Estimating Sizing Definition of Done Backlog Product Owner #Cloudbusting2012
- 18. Projects Background Recruitment Company – Permanent, Contract & Temp recruitment – Offices in several European countries Two projects – Configuration & rollout of cloud based front office system on Force.com – Redesign of their jobs website Key interests – Working software – Collaboration #Cloudbusting2012
- 19. Scrum Process Overview User stories – What, why & how Release plan – Road ahead Sprint planning & Grooming the backlog – Change is welcome Retrospective & demo – So what did we learn ? #Cloudbusting2012
- 20. Lessons learned – Front Office User stories – Put yourself in the shoes of... – Understand requirements & work flow detail Release plan – Project direction & objectives – Road-map Sizing – Grooming the backlog – Clarification – Definition of done #Cloudbusting2012
- 21. Questions – Front Office Estimating vs Sizing Sprint display – Electronic vs paper – Basecamp – cloud based pm service Sprint in progress – Product owner's input (what's in / what's out) Use of Kanban technique – Spare capacity close to the end of a sprint #Cloudbusting2012
- 22. Lessons learned – Website Redesign Persona analysis – Excellent basis for user stories Sprint planning – Helps to get a focus and a starting point – Include persona analysis findings Focus on working software – Can build credibility & confidence #Cloudbusting2012
- 23. Questions – Website Redesign Completion of wire-frames & templates – Is Waterfall more appropriate ? – Is definition of done crucial ? Waterfall or Agile – Project sponsorship is key Product owner role – Business knowledge and contacts – Needs significant engagement #Cloudbusting2012
- 24. Self-organisation – Individual Commitment Self-organisation Not project management Commitment Scrum master - Master-follower role Background material Ester Darby Jeff Sutherland Philip Anderson #Cloudbusting2012
- 25. What about fixed price projects ? Compile and review feature backlog Use and allocate story points Agree a credit limit Review at the start of each sprint #Cloudbusting2012
- 26. New Features added in each Sprint ? Not necessarily Reduce technical debt Faster better code Second time around Better documentation Performance testing #Cloudbusting2012
- 27. How do you know its working Team members feeling focused on their tasks Team members becoming more conscious of how they spend their time Team members feeling proud of their team Testers feeling fully accepted by the team Team members and product owners feeling closer to each other ScrumMasters feeling proud of their team's accomplishments All roles feeling more conscious of their capabilities, responsibilities, strengths, and weaknesses Source: Dan Puckett – InfoQ.com #Cloudbusting2012
- 28. How to correct any problems ? Is Scrum is being done wrong Is there an underlying problem that is just being exposed by Scrum Give the team time to execute a few sprints and learn from them. If the previous items provide no relief, adapt Scrum to mitigate or resolve the problem. If the problem still persists after adaptation, then perhaps Scrum isn't well-suited for this application Source: Dan Puckett – InfoQ.com #Cloudbusting2012
- 29. One Agile Team #Cloudbusting2012
- 30. Two Upcoming Events • Cyber Threat Summit – Malahide – September 20th / 21st •Cloud Arena – Cloud Showcase – October 10th – NCI Dublin #Cloudbusting2012
- 31. Thank You Now for Questions #Cloudbusting2012
- 32. Further Information & Feedback rbowden@rbconsulting.ie @rbconsulting Ie.linkedin.com/in/richardbowden blog.rbconsulting.ie Cloud-arena.com Agile-Lean on LinkedIn Lean Start-up Group Dublin #Cloudbusting2012