Publications

In the same way that Google map shows you where you are, where you want to go, and the best way to get there when making a journey, SEMAT and Essence can do the same for teams of engineers developing software.

A successful, sustainable agile transformation is one that creates a self-sustaining, continuously learning organization focused on delivering improved business results. Setting up empowered communities of practice and encouraging knowledge-sharing via practice/knowledge hubs are critical elements to success.

A truly agile organization is a learning organization continually refining and improving all its practices. It is not an organization that flits from one fad to another or continuously replaces one flawed process with another, more fashionable one. Change is constant and a sustainable agile transformation harnesses practices to embed and sustain an agile program.

On April 21st, 2015, software development professionals from across Europe met in Amsterdam to discuss and learn about Use-Case 2.0. Nicole de Swart of Reaco Academy sat down with Ivar to ask some questions about Use-Case 2.0.

Ivar Jacobson delivered the keynote address at the April 2015 Use-Case 2.0 Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

It's been said that the only real sustainable competitive advantage is an organization's ability to learn faster than the competition. Learn how in this webinar presented on June 18th by Brian Kerr of Ivar Jacobson International.

A mistake that many organizations make is to think that agility is an end in itself rather than an enabler for better business performance. It's critical for organizations to always remember why they are implementing an agile approach. In this webinar, Ian will share with participants how IJI has helped its clients to quantify the results they were looking for and how they measured the effect of their transformation on their business.

Increased efficiency with teams aligned and working together Greater creativity as teams are empowered to make decisions Management aligned and supportive of agile teams

Use Case Definition:  Use Cases have been around for almost 30 years as a requirements approach and have been part of the inspiration for more recent techniques such as user stories. Now the inspiration has flown in the other direction. Use-Case 2.0 is the new generation of use-case driven development - light, agile and lean - inspired by user stories, Scrum and Kanban.

In today's ever more competitive world, boards of directors and executives demand that CIOs and their teams deliver "more with less." Studies show, without any real surprise, that there is no one-size-fits-all method to suit all software initiatives. The SEMAT movement has an answer.