Session: Industrial DevOps for Cyber-Physical Solutions
Agile and DevOps practices continue to challenge the status quo and improve mission and business outcomes. Over the years we have seen how these practices have worked well in software and now we are learning how to scale these principles and practices across large, complex communications and cyber-physical systems composed of hardware, firmware, and software. We refer to this new way of thinking and set of principles as Industrial DevOps. Industrial DevOps offers the ability to adapt to changing needs, reduce cycle time for delivery, increase value for money, and leverage innovations. For large cyber-physical solutions, software is only one part of the value stream and if we apply these principles to only one part of the value stream, the rest of the value stream quickly becomes the bottleneck impacting our ability to demonstrate and deliver frequently. When adopting Industrial DevOps principles to developing cyber-physical solutions it is important to understand flow and how we design and build in order to iterate for faster feedback and results. Using an autonomous vehicle scenario, we will discuss the importance of Industrial DevOps principles, systems thinking and value stream identification for improving dynamic learning and improving sustainable value delivery.
Bio
Dr. Suzette Johnson works for Northrop Grumman Corporation near Baltimore, Maryland. As an NG Fellow, she works for Space Systems supporting program success and achieving business outcomes through the adoption and implementation of Lean-Agile principles and processes. As a Certified Agile Enterprise Coach and Scaled Agile Program Consultant Trainer, she has an interest and passion for driving the adoption of Lean-Agile principles across large organizations. Her experience with Agile-related practices began over twenty years ago with rapid product development for a commercial company focused on financial and enterprise management systems. Over the past fifteen years, she has been leading the adoption of Lean-Agile practices across the organization and has supported over 100 internal projects and government programs.
She received a Doctorate of Management and Technology at the University of Maryland with a dissertation focused on investigating the Impact of leadership styles on software project outcomes in traditional and agile engineering environments.
Robin Yeman is the CTO of Catalyst Campus for Technology & Innovation. She collaborates closely with the Catalyst Campus ecosystem to match the latest technologies and processes to mission needs. Her expertise spans over twenty-five years of experience in systems engineering, software development, and IT with the focus on Agile software development across multiple domains. She is a DevOps ambassador at the DevOps Institute and has been actively leading Agile programs execution at scale both domestically and internationally for the last eighteen years with multiple certifications, including Scaled Agile Framework Fellow, Certified Scrum Practitioner, CSM, CSPO, PSM, PMP, PMI-ACP, INCOSE Certified Systems Engineer, and Kanban Masterclass.
Robin is currently is pursuing a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering at Colorado State University with a dissertation focus on best practices for delivering complex safety critical system of systems utilizing Agile and DevSecOps.