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Capgemini speeds time to market by 25 percent
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Professional Service
- Software
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Product Research & Development
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Computer Vision
- Manufacturing System Automation
- Predictive Maintenance
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Capgemini's Accelerated Delivery Center (ADC) in Utrecht, the Netherlands, wanted to establish a more predictable and repeatable approach to agile development to keep up with customer demand. The center sought a solution that included strongly defined processes that incorporated set guidelines, templates, checklists, preferred practices and flexibility. The ADC also needed the solution to comply with its quality-control standards and Maturity Level 3 of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) process-improvement approach. Finally, the business wanted a solution that could run in the Capgemini Rightshore global-delivery-model environment.
About The Customer
Capgemini is one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, with more than 125,000 people in 44 countries. The group reported 2012 global revenues of EUR10.3 billion. Together with its customers, Capgemini creates and delivers business and technology solutions that fit their needs and drive the results they want. A deeply multicultural organization, Capgemini has developed its own way of working, the Collaborative Business Experience, and draws on Rightshore, its worldwide delivery model. The Capgemini Accelerated Delivery Center (ADC) in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is one of a group of more than 20 state-of-the-art product-delivery facilities in 13 countries. In these specialized development environments, Capgemini assists customers with the methodologies and technologies necessary for designing, developing and implementing software solutions.
The Solution
To address its needs, the Capgemini ADC worked with IBM Software Services for Rational, implementing the IBM Rational Jazz platform along with IBM Rational Quality Manager, IBM Rational DOORS® Next Generation, IBM Rational Software Architect and IBM Rational Team Concert™ software. Using the applications, Capgemini can create models and deployment frameworks as efficient and repeatable methodologies for agile software development projects. As the foundation of the platform, the Capgemini ADC uses Rational Team Concert software’s configuration management and version control features, as well as its standardized templates. Further, the center uses Rational Software Architect software to support high-quality IT architectures, increase system flexibility and manage solution quality and risks. Capgemini implemented Rational Quality Manager software to manage product testing and quality and to support enhanced collaboration and productivity capabilities. To support collaboration and seamless information sharing, the center uses Rational DOORS Next Generation software to define and manage product requirements during development.
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