Cloud Native and DevOps Leveraging IBM BlueMix to innovate like a startup

Greger Wikstrand

Capgemini

@GregerWikstrand

Innovation

“something new you never knew you needed but cannot imagine having to live without”

An interpretation:

“something new you never knew you needed but cannot imagine having to live

without”

Innovation - An interpretation:

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@GregerWikstrand

A small sportswear company

challenged our customer

Returns – customers are surprised

when they had to pay customs and VAT

Reimbursements – customers claim

packages were lost in transit and ask

for refund

Delays – Variable and unpredictable

delivery speed

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@GregerWikstrand

Some of the roadblocks

to innovation

• Pre-study

• Pilot

• PoC

• Design authority board

• Investment board

• Corporate culture

Greger Wikstrand

@GregerWikstrand

Engagement overview

Capgemini Team

Customer Team

Customer Leadership

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shop 2

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CUSTOMERS

SME

CUSTOMERS

SME

CUSTOMERS

SME

CUSTOMERS

PHASE 1

DESIGN

PHASE 2

BUILD

Delivery Lead

Customs, UX, SME

Developers & Testers

Developers & Testers

The innovation

workshop

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@GregerWikstrand

Next came the hard work

• Sudden new challenge for speed

• Frontend genius and backend reality

• Core business competence

Greger Wikstrand

@GregerWikstrand

Applied Innovation Exchange Collaboration Zone

In the AIE CoZone we take innovation ideas from all corners:

… strategies and vision of organizational entities

… Colleagues of all professions

… Partners and Clients

And with the time available we create concepts based on the

ideas….

…Merging Ideas, People and technology into innovative prototypes

In a highly agile way

…Fully aware people can be reassigned at any time

…Based on lean startup and design thinking

Creating innovative concepts through Ideas, People and Technology

Experiences

Tangible

concepts

Lessons

learned

epic sprints

Clients

Ideas

Technology partners

People

Technology

Week plan

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

0900 – 1100

15 minTeam

standup

0900 – 1100

15 minTeam

standup

0900 – 1100

15 minTeam

standup

0900 – 1100

15 minTeam

standup

0900 – 1100

15 minTeam

standup

12:00 – 12:20

Tech ignite

12:00 – 12:20

Tech ignite

14:00 – 15:00

Weekly Gong

16:00 – 16:30

CoZone weekplan Share expected deliverables

for Friday

Present deliverables

Demonstrate results

Share lessons learned

Brief ignite on something

new and exciting!

Daily team standups

Check progress on backlog

Identify impediments

Daily team standups

Check progress on backlog

Identify impediments

Daily team standups

Check progress on backlog

Identify impediments

Daily team standups

Check progress on backlog

Identify impediments

Daily team standups

Check progress on backlog

Identify impediments

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The space

Greger Wikstrand

@GregerWikstrand

Tech Ignite

Fast paced tech talk by a leader in his field

20 slides at a fixed pace of 20 seconds each: no exceptions!

Available for everyone and available as vlog (platform to be determined)

Any ICT related topic, but not a specific client or boring management stuff

Appeal to the future of

our work

Tuesday and Thursday 1200 - 1220

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IBM DevOps point of view Enterprise capability for continuous software delivery that enables organizations to seize market opportunities and reduce time-to-customer feedback

1

4

Speeding

continuous

innovation of ideas

Enabling

continuous delivery

of these

innovations

Providing a

feedback loop for

continuous

learning

Continuous

Customer

Feedback &

Optimization

Collaborative

Development

Continuous

Release and

Deployment

Continuous

Monitoring

Continuous

Business

Planning

Continuous

Testing

Operate Develop/ Test

Deploy

Plan/ Measur

e

DevOps

Continuous Feedback

Our DevOps POV is resonating with clients and they are delivering

measurable business outcomes with DevOps

Bluemix™ DevOps promote key DevOps practices for Agile teams to accelerate software delivery in the cloud

1. Minimum

Viable Product

2. Dedicated

Teams

3. Loosely

Coupled

Architecture

4. Minimizing

Hand-offs,

Maximizing Flow

5. Deliver in

Small Batches

6. Transparency 7. Eliminate

Overhead

8. Automate

Testing using

APIs

The outcome

Currently in the CoZone

Drones in combination with asset management

and police site recording

Combining Nao with IBM Watson

The Epic Portal to support the CoZone process

Oracle Service Cloud based ERP plug-ins

Planning portal for refugee activities POLAR

SAP Hana based IoT solutions

Facility management notification tool

Cyber Range to simulate cyber battles

Blockchain

Contact me

GREGER WIKSTRAND

Twitter: @GregerWikstrand

greger.wikstrand@capgemini.com