"Agile Validation model for Enterprise Storage Management software - A Success Story"

Introduction:

This topic will cover the challenges faced during the transition from waterfall to Agile model in DELL storage management software and the steps adopted by the validation team to make the transition smooth and efficient. The discussion will give an overview about DELL storage software and the challenges faced in the transition. It will discuss in detail the steps adopted to overcome the product, process and tools challenges. Concepts like effective automation framework and zero touch build verification test will be covered which helped immensely in achieving positive results.

Key benefits to the audience:

• Understand the people based aspects to be taken care for smooth transition from waterfall to Agile
• Usage of tools and automation to make the transition effective
• Use of test process and zero touch BVT to overcome the agile implementation challenges

Speaker Profiles:

T. Kaliraj, Sr. Validation Engineering Manager, Storage and Systems Management, Dell India R&D Center

T. Kaliraj is a  BE and MBA(IT) with total work experience of around 17 years in Product validation. The domains that he has worked on include Storage, Networking, E-Commerce, Security. Currently he is handling the Storage and System Management software validation for DELL Enterprise Product Group in Bangalore.

He has the following certifications to his credit:

• Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance
• Executive General Management certification from IIM B

He was instrumental in defining the Agile validation model in DELL, and he also started the storage validation organization in DELL India. He has participated in the Panel Discussion on Agile practices at STeP-IN SUMMIT 2009.

K. Vishnu Murty, Automation Lead Engineer, Storage and Systems Management, Dell India R&D Center

K. Vishnu Murty is an MS (Software systems) with a total experience of 6 years in Product validation and automation. The domains he has worked on include Storage and  Networking. At DELL he is an Automation Lead Engineer responsible for Regression framework and zero touch BVT. He has extensive experience in Storage domain validation.

His certifications include Certified QLogic Fiber channel and FCoE Specialis. He has presented automation papers in Pycon – Python developer forum  and developed storage automation for TAPE, NAS and RAID.  He was instrumental in setting up the zero touch build verification suite in DELL.