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Capacity Planning in an Agile World: Balancing Predictability and Responsiveness with Agile Planning Tools

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Capacity Planning in an Agile World: Balancing Predictability and Responsiveness with Agile Planning Tools The rise of Agile methodologies has significantly impacted software development practices. While Agile prioritizes adaptability and

Embedded Systems Requirements Traceability Insights

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Embedded Systems Requirements Traceability Insights What Is Requirements Traceability? Requirements traceability connects models, tests, and code with requirement definitions to help manage change and reduce waste in the design life

Why and How: Implementing GitLab for Embedded Systems Development

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... Why and How: Implementing GitLab for Embedded Systems Development GitLab offers many technical advantages that make it particularly suitable for embedded systems development. These features cater to the unique

321 Gang – Newsletter – February – 2024

Welcome to our February Newsletter! This past month, 321 Gang has been actively engaged with customers and involved in travel commitments. We had the privilege of attending the IBM TechXchange:

Embracing the Evolution: Module Baselines in IBM DOORS Next with pure::variants 

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Embracing the Evolution: Module Baselines in IBM DOORS Next with pure::variants Managing complex product lines and systems development requires robust tools that can handle intricate configurations and change management. IBM's

Honeywell MVCS Team Success Story | IBM ELM, PLE and SAFe

Honeywell MVCS team reduced cycle time by 50% and costs by 30% The Honeywell MVCS team reduced cycle time by 50% and costs by 30% through the successful application of

Understanding Engineering Requirements Traceability

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Explore Requirements Traceability! Requirements traceability plays a pivotal role in managing engineering intricacies and ensuring project success. In this guide, we will explore what requirements traceability is, its importance, best

SodiusWillert | IBM Rhapsody – AUTOSAR Extension

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Make AUTOSAR work for you with IBM Rhapsody - AUTOSAR Extension A car today could not be moved without electronics. In fact, you wouldn't even be able to start the

7 Ways to Decide if a PMO Organization is Ready for Lean Portfolio Management | Jira Align

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7 Ways to Decide if a PMO Organization is Ready for Lean Portfolio Management Jira Align Tip Sheet While it might seem like an overwhelming endeavor, implementing lean portfolio management

Lean Portfolio Management | Jira Align and Scaled Agile

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Lean Portfolio Management | Jira Align As organizations move from project–based, time–centric planning to focusing on product–oriented planning, they look to lean and agile practices to ensure they have the

The Difference Between Velocity, Capacity, and Load – A Clarification of Terms

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The Difference Between Velocity, Capacity, and Load - A Clarification of Terms We often see a lot of confusion among new agile practitioners in regards to the definition and use

Press Release | 321 Gang joins the SodiusWillert Group

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Press Release | 321 Gang joins the SodiusWillert Group: A Strategic Move to Strengthen Engineering and Development of Advanced, Mission-Critical Systems and Software Scottsdale, AZ, August 9, 2023 – SodiusWillert

Security as Code: A Smart Solution to a Complex Endeavor | GitLab

Security as Code: A Smart Solution to a Complex Endeavor Security as code gives pragmatic meaning to the concept of DevSecOps. By embedding security throughout your SDLC, security controls can

Leveraging IBM Global Configurations with pure::variants

Leveraging IBM Global Configurations with pure::variants Feature Modeling Enhances Engineering Reuse Complexity is one of the largest challenges facing software and systems engineering teams today. Software applications are built by

pure::variants | What is Product Line Engineering?

Product Line Engineering | pure::variants Product Line Engineering is revolutionizing the way systems engineering is performed, and it is no surprise that it is becoming an increasingly important engineering topic.

Incremental Implementation: What it is. Why we use it. Why it is important

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Incremental Implementation | What it is. Why we use it. Why it is important Scaled Agile or Scrum are popular agile development approaches for large enterprises. Are they a problem?

Accelerate Engineering Lifecycle Management for Agile Teams

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Accelerate Engineering Lifecycle Management | Agile Teams As engineering teams are asked to deliver more products faster to market, traditional engineering practices don’t have what it takes to adapt to

3 Ways to Improve Project Management & Product Development

Product owners and project managers need to provide teams with communication and collaboration tools that empower teams to collectively manage plans, tasks, and project status. Discover how to capture, trace, analyze, and manage changes to requirements with IBM’s ELM suite that optimizes communication across your development teams and stakeholders.

3 Ways to Ensure Compliance Across the Engineering Lifecycle

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3 Ways to Ensure Compliance Across the Engineering Lifecycle For companies in industries with increasingly stringent compliance regulations, such as Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Medical, or Public Infrastructure — getting

10 steps to High Performance Scaled Agile Teams | Jira Align

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10 Steps to High Performance Scaled Agile Teams Only Jira Align is natively built for scaling agile teams to the enterprise. Here are ten tips for how to scale your

Process Analyzer

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Process Analyzer Automatically Analyze and Document IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) Processes Process Analyzer is a utility, developed by Joe Meagher, Inc., that generates a statemodel of the business processes used

Accelerating Systems Lifecycle Development | Packaged Solution

Accelerating Systems Lifecycle Development 321 Gang’s Accelerating Systems Lifecycle Development solution is a verified IBM Global Solution that enables organizations to address increasing complexity, shortened cycle times, continuous change, and collaboration demands while

SAFe for Government: Observations from the 2017 SAFe Summit

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SAFe for Government | Observations from the 2017 SAFe Summit Steve Mayner and I led two sessions on applying Lean-Agile principles and SAFe in a government context at the SAFe

Using SAFe 4.5 | Government Contracts

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Using SAFe 4.5 on Government Contracts Quite a number of federal government programs have been adopting SAFe 4.0.  The challenge has been to consider whether to use 3-level SAFe, 4-level

Can Hardware Teams Outperform Software Teams When Adopting Agile and SAFe®?

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Many have discussed, and some have questioned, how Scrum and agile principles apply to non-software disciplines. Can they apply? Will they provide benefits? We’ve been working with a large program that has gone “all in” scaling and applying agile. They build complex defense systems with hundreds of mechanical, electrical, and embedded software engineers and significant compliance demands.

A SAFe® for Lean Systems Engineering Retrospective

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We’ve helped many of these customers adopt and scale agile using the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®). In doing so, we met with Dean Leffingwell (creator of SAFe) and the team at Scaled Agile (SAI) to discuss some of our perceived challenges using SAFe in an engineering environment. We were looking for support for engineering work (requirements, designs, modeling, simulations, trade studies), different role names, support for supply chains, and inclusion of manufacturing and production — just to name a few. Our plan was to become a Scaled Agile partner and deliver SAFe-based training that 321 Gang would supplement with our expertise on engineering. At the same time, SAI was also looking for ways to serve the needs of the large system builders, and invited us to collaborate on a version of SAFe for Lean Systems Engineering…and so it was that SAFe LSE was born.

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