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1 Randel D. Powell, PMP IBM Corporation

2 Software (Middleware) IS Everywhere

3 !! " CEO needs Revenue growth with cost containment Key competency: responsiveness Critical success factor: enable effectiveness of people CIO challenges Aligning IT and business goals to grow revenue and contain costs Building responsiveness and agility into the organization through IT How can IT help enable people and teams to be more effective Source: CEO Study of 456 WW CEOs IBM Corporation - Feb 2004 Source: Operating Environment Market Drivers Study, IBM Corp. 2004

4 #$ $%& &' () General Pains (that lead into the IT Portfolio Management Solution) Lack of Disposable Income: Innovation Capital IT budgets for 2005 will remain relatively flat while infrastructure and maintenance costs will continue to rise. Optimizing the IT portfolio will be necessary for CIOs who want to add value to the business and find funds for new and innovative projects. Misalignment between IT and business objectives: Visibility and understanding the relative importance of competing projects will drive project selection and prioritization so that the right things are delivered at the right time for the business. The business also has to know what is going on and who is paying for what Productivity: Lack of integration of applications increases risks and project failures and reduces operational effectiveness at both strategic and tactical levels. Improving resource allocations across projects, departments and geos remains difficult.

5 &*+ Innovating the business to capture new value. Business Technology Improving the productivity of resources deployed.

6 * &, -&. Customers Markets Business Processes Preferences History Demographics Competitors Suppliers Market Trends Methods & Procedures Linkages!

7 / )0* *# +' An on demand business is an enterprise whose business processes integrated end-to-end across the company and with key partners, suppliers and customers can respond with speed to any customer demand, market opportunity or external threat. "

8 /*) Traditional The Internet On Demand Structured Calculations Data Processing Transactions Open Standards Connectivity Flexibility Simplicity Modular Components easily defined and manipulated Dynamic definition and operations #

9 (/& 12 )3 %&'()* * %%%)%)% +, -. /)0 Activities Business Process Supporting System Requirements & Analysis Design & Construction Testing Project & Change Mgmt Software Development Software Development Platform Inventory Mgmt Vendor Relations Resource Planning Supply Chain Management SCM (Supply Chain Management) Customer Acquisition Customer Support Customer Retention Sales Forecasting Customer Relationship Management CRM Hiring Benefits Admin Payroll Admin Human Resources Management HR $

10 */ 1/&) 4) The on demand enterprise Responsive Variable Focused Resilient On demand operating environment Business applications Automate and integrate business processes Create strategic advantage Adapt quickly to changing business needs Are reliable, scalable and manageable Software development imperatives Develop iteratively Improve time-to-value Focus on architecture Continuously ensure quality Manage change and assets 1

11 ) Initial State Planned Completion Planned Path Actual Path Stakeholder Satisfaction Space Actual Completion Develop Iteratively 11

12 7)%6 1 Prototypes Architecture Functional Product Releases Release 100% Development Progress (% Coded) Modern Project Profile Waterfall Project Profile Develop Iteratively Project Schedule 1

13 ** 4) &( 100% Build Progress 10% Time to value 30% Time to value 60% Time to value Project Build Time 1

14 2**8 Workflow Future Process Iterative Process Waterfall Process Management 10% 10% 5% Requirements 15% 10% 5% Design 15% 15% 10% Implementation 15% 25% 30% Test &Assessment 20% 25% 40% Deployment 10% 5% 5% Environment 15% 10% 5% 100% 100% 100% More balance; less waste during integration and test 1

15 *)9: IBM Software Group ISV and Developer Relations Value = Results over Time Software organizations/projects realize value over a relatively long time Incremental results provide insight all along the way People and Projects Work Iteratively There are no prescriptions, right-size the process to your context Attack uncertainties in scope/plans/solution together in balance Open and Honest Communication Guessing/speculation result in false precision and downstream waste Healthy result profiles include progress and setbacks 1

16 ()+ IBM Software Group ISV and Developer Relations Systems development IS A KEY business process Software is a key enabler for business Innovating faster enables business to win Improving development capability improves productivity The objective of a software development platform (SDP) should be to improve development capability Reducing complexity Breaking down discipline stovepipes Providing and automating process An SDP solution should help you modernization your enterprise Enables the team Support offshore development Enables organizations to ensure they are building compliment systems 1!

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