SP RajaSoftware IT Architect

Nuts and Bolts of IT Agility

Just What is Agility?

Thanks to IBM ***, we were able to launch our first new service offering in two and half weeks, instead of the usual six months. What’s more, the cost of each new product development project has been slashed by upto 90% - ***, Head of Product Design & Creation, Product & Service Delivery Group

IT Agility saves ‘Time’ & ‘Cost’ for Business !

How did we do it?

Its 90% hard work. And the rest is Smart work!

The Truth (about Agility) is Multi Dimensional

Information

ArchitectureInfrastructure

Org Maturity

Infrastructure

Application

Its depends on more than one domain and their maturity levels !

Organisation Maturity

Not every battle need to be won...some battles you concede…. the main ones you take full-on…….

I want to reach down their throats and rip out their heart and eat it – BEFORE THEY DIE

Agility Harvester Dick Fuld

Empowering the team is the key. And hence, the management style !

IT Maturity

SOA NGOSS

OOAD

CBDCIM

Assess and train the team on methodologies, technologies and Best practices !

Design Principles

SOA

30+ Web Services

Registry

BPM Engine

Application Containers

AbstractionEncapsulation

Loose CouplingHigh Cohesion

Service Oriented Architectures work – if done right. It takes time too !

Right Technology & Tools

BPEL ?

POJO ?

J2EE ?

C++ Batch ?

SHELL Script?

Streams?

AsseMlbly ?TCP Socket ?

MASHUP ?

Escape from the ‘Golden Hammer’ anti-pattern. Right tools for the right problems !

Applications (Telecom Specific)

FulfillmentAssurance Billing

Inventory

Catalog

Use Industry frameworks to assess the existing Applications maturity. Act on filling the gaps !

Information

Hey! There is a %$#$#^

falling on your ^&E^EIU(

Common Information Model – is as important as the language for civilisation !

How to Accelerate

BPM on SOA BPM on Dynamic SOA

Business Services & Policies

NGOSS SID & Transformations

eTom based Processes

NGOSS TAM ,mapped ApplicationsLayered Architecture! Externalise logic, information & rules.

Use the right engines !

1. Request

3. Develop

4. Deploy

DIY Blocks

BPM Social computing Etc.

Cloud Management

(Virtualised) Hardware

2. Provision

Scale

Patterns,Images, Inventory

Developer

InterfaceAccess &

BillingMonitor &

Scale

Transactional

Infrastructure

Cloud Infrastructure! At the maturity level as in this picture. In the mean time, flexible sales contracts (like enterprise license agreements) can help too

Thank You