Agile and Telecom, by Raj Mudhar
March 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
At this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Alcatel-Lucent unveiled Light Radio Innovation! Have a look at this short video that describes it. Very cool! It took First Place at the CTIA E-Tech Competition! Read about it here. Very impressive!
March 24, 2010 3 Comments
At the TDD workshop at ICST in Paris on April 10, Catherine Louis and I will invite collaborators to launch a study on A-TDD in large scale, complex product development. There is very limited research on Acceptance Test-Driven Development in Large Scale product development. By collaborating together we hope to:
Our goals:
You can find additional information by downloading our invitation here. If you are interested in collaborating or would like more information, please contact us:
Catherine Louis: cll@cll-group.com – Web site: http://cll-group.com
Raj Mudhar: raj@ripnet.com – Web site: http://rajile.com
“Collaboration breeds Innovation!”
March 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
Feature teams as opposed to component teams allow you to organize in a way that maximizes architectural integrity and business value demonstration at the User Story level, and ultimately, at the feature level. Check out Catherine Louis’ slides on how to organize around a complex, multi-network element feature in the telecom domain. Really great work. You can find them here.
Thanks, Catherine, for sharing!
March 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
Interesting article on British Telecom’s transition to Agile which started back in 2004. The article was published in the Summer 2006 issue of Methods and Tools.
You can find the article here. When I read it, it feels sooooo familiar!
March 3, 2010 5 Comments
So you want to launch an Agile Pilot?
Taking the first steps are often the toughest. An Agile implementation is not proven in your own organization and it is difficult to know if the benefits can be real and lasting.
The following are some suggestions to consider when embarking on a pilot. They are taken from various sources including Mike Cohn, Jeff Sutherland, informal chats with Agile practitioners, personal experience and various books on the topic of Agile and organizational transformation.
January 14, 2010 1 Comment
Really cool video on the exponential growth in communication technology, and well, everything! Enjoy. Makes you think!
January 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
For those interested in Test Driven Design but don’t know where to begin, below is information and tutorials from the web that offer some basics to help you get started. Introducing TDD in Telecom with the large legacy code base can be challenging and complex, but before tacking the mountain, you need some gear and knowledge. Here are some useful tools for you to get started.
More to come soon. If you would like to share some information, pass it on.
December 13, 2009 Leave a Comment
I listened to a TED talk recently. IT was packed with great insights which I will comment on in future posts. The talk is by Shashi Tharoor on the topic of “Soft Power”. You can get the talk here . Soft Power is the ability to attract others. Really exciting talk. One of his comments was that in India, 15 million cell phones per month are sold! The cost of the handsets and the service is cheap, including free incoming calls on some plans. This means that street vendors to fishermen to stone masons can afford cell phones and take orders for their products and services. The empowerment of the underclass is the result of connectedness. Wonderful!
There’s so much more in this talk. Listen, you won’t be disappointed.
