WUG 8/30 - Business Driven Java Development

Hi,

  JUG members and others are invited to attend this WUG talk on Tuesday 
free of charge (including refreshments and door prizes).

  We' will have a presentation from a top IBM consultant on closing the gap 
that often exists between objectives and what Java development projects 
actually deliver.

  I'll be honest with you - I really need to learn some lessons in this 
area myself, and I am really looking forward to learning some of them 
Tuesday evening.   I think that, given the speaker's skills, a lot of us 
who are consultants or who work for corporations full time will find this 
talk well worth the time spent.

  We hope to see you there.

  Regards,

  Don

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Using Business Driven Development to Bridge the Business/IT Gap

Jim Amsden, IBM
Tues. Aug. 30, 2005
IBM Building #500 Cafeteria
Research Triangle Park, NC

No RSVP Required - please just show up (except citizens of China-PRC, Hong 
Kong and Macao please see end).

Agenda

6:00 p.m. Gather, Networking, Refreshments courtesy of NumberSix 
http://numbersix.com/ .(Services for Mentoring, Assessments, Education and 
Software)
6:10 p.m. Group Business, Remarks by NumberSix, who also will bring door 
prizes consisting of two Rational bags, 45 propeller whirligigs, and 35 
assorted goodies consisting of CD cases, light-up pens, and credit-card 
multi-tools.
6:30 p.m. Main Presentation  - Business Driven Development
8:15 p.m. (approx.) Adjournment

Main Talk - Using Business Driven Development to Bridge the Business/IT Gap

Evolutionary forces such as rapid change, increasing complexity, and the 
need for flexible participation in distributed value chains to exploit new 
market opportunities are effecting how we develop software. Modularity, 
encapsulation, loose coupling, separation of concerns, reuse and composed 
solutions are concepts that apply to both businesses and Information 
Technology platforms that support them.

But what is needed is a way to ensure that IT solutions actually meet 
business objects and provide their intended value. Business Driven 
Development is an integrated approach to software development that aligns 
line-of-business, development, and operations teams to improve business 
performance through accurate and reliable capture and transformation of 
business intent into verifiable IT solutions.

This talk will provide an example-driven overview of the Business Driven 
Development process, the roles played in the process, their 
responsibilities, the work products they produce and consume, and the 
integrated tools used to view and create them.

We'll start by collecting the business goal and objectives specified by 
business executives, determine as-is and to-be business processes that meet 
those objectives, build and deploy services that realize the business 
processes, then test, deploy, monitor and manage the solution.

We'll tie the whole process together by using runtime monitoring to collect 
data on Key Performance Indicators to see if the deployed applications 
actually meet business goals and objectives.

This feedback can then be used to refine new goals and objectives starting 
the process all over again.

Along the way we'll take a closer look at the RAD 6 and RSA 6 tools used to 
capture, transform, and manage project artifacts, and how those tools are 
integrated to support the relationships between the artifacts and a 
seamless development process.

This talk is an encapsulation of three-day "Proof of Technology" labs that 
are given to major  national corporations as part of IBM's "Go to Market" 
strategy.  This approach arose out of a collaboration of IBM Technical 
Sales and Engineering, and is in successful use at multiple major IBM 
customers.

So come and attend and you will gain practical skills in implementing 
full-cycle Java development plans that work!


Speaker

Jim Amsden is co-author of the book "Enterprise Java Programming With IBM 
Websphere."  He consults nationally with major IBM customers on 
implementing successful development strategies..  He has authored papers on 
UML Profiles for Business Profiles, Levels of Integration with Eclipse, and 
other topics, as well as taken part in panels on Cracking the Software 
Paradox and other topics.

Directions to the Meeting

Distance from Raleigh (17 miles) / Durham (8 miles) / Chapel Hill (12 miles)

 From I-40, take Exit 280 - Davis Drive. At the end of the exit ramp, take 
a right (North) onto Davis Drive. Continue straight on Davis Drive for 
about 0.5 miles. Take a right on Cornwallis road. Go about 1/2 mile, you 
will cross over railroad tracks. At the IBM gate keep to the right.

If the rightmost gate is down,  press on the intercom button and tell the 
remote guard that you are attending the WebSphere User Group meeting, and 
give him your name. He will open the gate for you. Go through gate, follow 
the road around past the first Tivoli Building, looking for signs leading 
to Building 500 or "Software Group."  Our IBM host is Greg Ackerman - they 
may ask for his name.

Go through gate, follow the road around past the first Tivoli Building, 
looking for signs leading to Building 500 or "Software Group." It should be 
the third road on the left. It can be a little tricky, so please allow some 
extra time the first time.

It can be a little tricky, so please allow some extra time the first time.

You will see a visitors' parking lot. Turn in and park, and walk to the 
Building 500 lobby.

Be careful not to go too far (the second Tivoli building is too far) or you 
will find yourself on a one-way exit ramp and have to drive back around.

See http://www.rtpwug.org/sitemap.pdf  for a map for this location.

IBM Site Security now requires names and birth dates for non-US 
citizens.  For most nationalities, IBM will just ask for that information 
when you arrive at  the event.  However, special arrangements are required 
for citizens of China (PRC), Hong Kong, and Macao..  Citizens of those 
countries (only) who are interested in attending meetings are asked to 
email name and date of birth to Greg Ackerman gpacker-r/[email protected] .   Please 
email Greg now if you fall in this category and may be interested in 
attending any future meetings, as the clearance process may take some 
time.   We apologize for this requirement, which arises from certain 
obligations of IBM undertaken in connection with the Lenovo sale.