IBM Rational software podcast series

randy howie scott hebnerSmall businesses that rely on software to drive revenue may have only one chance to get it right. Success is a balancing act between driving revenue and consistently delivering the right features, on time for a fixed cost. Join Randy Howie, CEO, Black Diamond Software, and Scott Hebner, VP Marketing, Rational software to learn how Presto can provide a complete software development environment for your whole team for a fraction of the risk, time and cost needed to implement on your own.

In today's dynamic business environment, CEOs are increasingly concerned with improving their return on assets (RoA). This concern extends to their software and system delivery (SSD) organization. Their organizations need to be both innovative and efficient. The SSD executive must balance maintaining core competencies while taking advantage of globalization and labor arbitrage to reduce costs through outsourcing. Companies with the tools and infrastructure to support collaboration across the value chain and a means of creating and managing value will be best positioned to thrive in this complex environment. This podcast will discuss ways of measuring and managing value and turning the SSD from a cost center to a value center. Dr. Murray Cantor, speaker.

In the perpetual software "cycle", work starts on the "next version" of your software deliverable as soon as you deliver to customers. Cataloging of newly created assets and reusing existing assets can help speed up future iterations, while changes to the existing architecture for future releases can be done in a faster and reliable manner when the right practices and tools are used. Attend this podcast to hear some of the best practices on application maintenance that allow you to reuse what you've already built, and speed up delivery of the next version of your software solution. Carlos Ferreira and Bill Smith, speakers.

In today's dynamic business climate, many organizations have found that their ability to make intelligent portfolio decisions and drive disciplined project execution with a focus on delivering value has meant the difference between success and failure. Please join IBMs Jesper Christensen, Director of Product Delivery for IBM PPM and CCM solutions, to learn about how Rational's new Project, Portfolio and Performance Management solutions are helping organizations analyze market, economic and customer information to define investment value, drive a more collaborative and integrated project lifecycle, and providing a rich source of performance measurement information for teams and leaders to maintain alignment and continually improve their projects and processes. Come learn what many firms are now discovering; that PPM is the key differentiator that will define which companies will be able to capture changing economic conditions and be the next leaders in their industries.

The order of the day for software development teams is to deliver solutions faster, of higher quality and with fewer resources. In this podcast, our experts highlight how the Rational Automation Framework provided by the Rational Build Forge solution allows customers to automate manually intensive tasks throughout the software delivery lifecycle, dramatically improving quality, time to market and with a typical average ROI of 3 months. David Brauneis, speaker.

Software capabilities define what a business can do -- and how quickly and economically it can deliver products or services to market. According to the recent EDC Users' Choice survey, a comprehensive user satisfaction survey from 1200+ software developers, Rational with its best-in-class integrated software delivery platform is rated at the top, empowering clients to deliver for competitive advantage. Learn more in a discussion with Scott Hebner, vice president marketing, IBM Rational.

Providing more value with fewer resources... easier said than done, right? Every organization today is looking for ways to do more with less these days, and only the companies that implement the most effective methods will survive. In this podcast, we'll discuss specific secrets of delivering more valuable software to customers despite having fewer resources. We'll include secrets related to process, development, infrastructure, and information. It can be done, and we'll show you how. George Decandio, speaker.

Software testing will consume all of the time and resources it is given. But how does one streamline the quality management process, reducing risk and cost. In this podcast, Brian Bryson outlines quality management strategies for test management, test data management, functional and performance testing that streamline software delivery to gain market advantage.

In the words of Sir Winston Churchill, "However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." In this podcast, Rational Chief Architect John Wiegand, and Jazz Engineering Manager Kartik Kanakasabesan explore the most frequently asked questions about Jazz strategy, architecture and results in order to help customers chart a clear pathway to success.

The order of the day for software development teams is to build solutions faster, better and with fewer resources. Consider typical code reviews: in most instances reviews are done by humans, and as such can become subjective and error-prone, all the while being manually intensive and time consuming. What if this process could be automated and objective in nature? In this short podcast, Scott Nordstrom will introduce you to the newest release of Rational Software Analyzer and highlight how it seamlessly integrates with Rational Team Concert. The result? Continuous quality checks, automated code scans, and visibility into overall code quality, for improved enforcement of best practices.

Listen to Patrick Roach, Principle Engineer for an Aerospace and Defense Organization, talk about the importance of requirements engineering within his industry and how he's found that improving requirements practices is essential to project success.

The unprecedented global economic crisis has spurred many governments across the world to announce fiscal stimulus packages. The Global Fiscal Stimulus Package provides a one shot opportunity for IT and systems transformation to help you prepare for a different but smarter world and serve your customers and communities. Approximately $80B of stimulus spending is coming your way just in the US. The IBM Public sector team is on hand to share their expertise from the trenches. The podcast series will include case studies on project prioritization, roadmaps for enterprise planning to help you make the case to receive stimulus funding as well as practical roadmaps and approaches to execute such projects with transparency and accountability required. Speaker: Seema Sheth-Voss, Go-To-Market Program Director, Rational Marketing.

In today's challenging economic environment, businesses are faced with increased pressures to reduce overall cost and improve time to market. Having accurate insight into enterprise data, processes, and practices is a key component of success. However, many organizations today suffer from a lack of visibility, especially around the software and systems lifecycle. This podcast will discuss how IBM Rational Insight helps businesses effectively measure team performance and project results to improve business outcomes. Eric Larsen, speaker.

IBM jazz.net provides customers with a direct connection to IBM Rational development teams and a real-time window into how IBM uses its own Jazz products to build those products. In this podcast, Jazz technical and editorial leads Robin Garside and Seth Packham explore the lessons learned from this living development laboratory. They'll explain how Jazz.net is evolving, and give some practical tips on how customers can best engage to get more out of Jazz products and help create a higher-fidelity feedback loop between customers and developers.

Toyota became famous with its maxim, "No work without process, no process without metrics". But can we apply those same principals to the creative endeavor of team-based software development? Join Rational CTO and Distinguished Engineer Alan Brown as he explores the benefits and potential pitfalls of a software factory approach to team-based software and systems delivery.