Publications

Use-Case 2.0 re-focuses on the essentials and offers a slimmed down, leaner way of working, for software teams seeking the benefits of iterative, incremental development at an enterprise level.

Use-Case 2.0 re-focuses on the essentials and offers a slimmed down, leaner way of working, for software teams seeking the benefits of iterative, incremental development at an enterprise level

Combining agile and SEMAT yields more advantages than either one alone. This paper discusses how two current popular movements complement one another to provide a powerful basis for software development.

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.

The transformation of KPN's ITNL business has been a challenging but ultimately a highly rewarding journey. Working together with IJI, KPN has restored trust between IT and the business and dramatically improved the effciency and predictability of systems delivery. KPN has achieved improvements in performance that are clear and measurable, and enabled sustained adoption of new working practices by building its own in-house coaching communities.

Ivar Jacobson International (IJI) is delighted to see that OMG has announced The Essence Kernel as a new industry standard for software engineering practices.

Ben LInders interviews Ivar Jacobson and Ian Spence on the use of SEMAT within agile adoption. Published on InfoQ.

IJI has been engaged with a major UK bank over the last 18 months helping them introduce new methods of working, and IBM’s Collaborative Lifecycle Management tooling to support these methods. Business Analysts now capture their requirements in Rational Requirements Composer (RRC), Solution Architects create their designs in Rational Software Architect (RSA) using the Unified Modelling Language (UML), Infrastructure & Security Architects add deployment topologies to the designs using RSA’s Deployment Planning extension, and everything is underpinned by Work Items and Source Control in Rational Team Concert (RTC).

New article published on ACM Queue discusses two powerful complementary movements in software development.

In this article Scott Ambler interviews Ivar Jacobson about his fascinating work with the SEMAT community.