Accelerating IT Velocity Agile Transformation @ DellJP Sarkis, VP ITMatt Smith, Executive Director ITSession MT16

We support

30 languages

160 countries

35000servers

(52% VM)

10 Tier 3 data

centers globally

5500+ IT team members

Dell.com is the

3rdlargest online retailer

on the planet

39000 Mobile phones- 23k Corporate- 16k BYOD

82% Dell on Dell

infrastructure

10700Database instances

35 factories

42PB petabytes of storage

132000Client/PCs

Dell IT at a Glance

16BEmails receivedannually

(94% filtered as spam)

The Dell IT dilemma

Rapid growth

Fragmented app portfolio

Strategy shift

Direct Direct + retail + channel

Acquisitions

Integration

The Dell IT solution

Application rationalization

Automation Agile transformation

Retire

ConsolidateBiz

process

Enhance

Our goal: 77% fewer applications

• Speed to market

• Reduced cost

• Improved quality

Test automation

DevelopersCode

repositoryBuild

package

Continuous integration

Auto provision

Auto deploy

Provisioning UI Deployment UI

Env Manifest Dev Environment

Network, server, image

Azure on

Azure off

VMware

VMVM

VMVM

VMVM

Feature/Function Test

Pre-production

Performance

Production

Auto E2E Testing

Virtual environment

manager

Dependency virtualization

The journey to agile

6000+ Team

Members

57 cities across

22 countries

3-6 month build & deploy

schedule

12 month timeline for adoption12 month timeline for adoption

Agile impact

84%of feature teams are sprinting

84%of feature teams are sprinting

75%of projects are using Agile methods

75%of projects are using Agile methods

Team members have gone through Agile certification training

Team members have gone through Agile certification training

886886Feature teams reporting as Agile proficient by end of FY16

Feature teams reporting as Agile proficient by end of FY16

50%50%Increase in number of releases to date

Increase in number of releases to date

246%246%Programs executing Agile methods by end of FY16

Programs executing Agile methods by end of FY16

100% 100%

376376 Feature teams identified across 9 IT organizationsFeature teams identified across 9 IT organizations

84%of feature teams are sprinting

75%of projects are using Agile methods

Team members have gone through Agile certification training

886Feature teams reporting as Agile proficient by end of FY16

50%Increase in number of releases to date

246%Programs executing Agile methods by end of FY16

100%

376 Feature teams identified across 9 IT organizations

Lessons learned

Operational metrics are easier to measure than cultural transformation for Agile

High business engagement is necessary to application rationalization success

Architecture must adapt to reap automation benefits

Taking these steps can lead to simplification efforts in other areas of IT

Thank you!