一家人寿保险公司：利用敏捷开发方法提前 11 个月发布新产品线
公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- IBM Rational Asset Manager
- IBM Rational Build Forge
- IBM DOORS Next Generation
- IBM Rational Team Concert
技术栈
- IBM Analytics
- Agile Development
- DevOps
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Productivity Improvements
- Revenue Growth
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - API 集成与管理
- 分析与建模 - 过程分析
适用行业
- 金融与保险
适用功能
- 产品研发
- 商业运营
用例
- 质量预测分析
- 供应链可见性(SCV)
服务
- 软件设计与工程服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
该客户是一家领先的人寿保险公司，旨在将其在美国的人寿保险销售额提高 260%。为了实现这一目标，该公司与一家大型分销公司达成了协议。根据协议，该组织将开始向分销公司的 130 多家成员公司及其客户提供其人寿保险产品。作为协议的一部分，保险公司需要在短短 18 个月内推出一条新的产品线，包括一个新的网络门户。
挑战
这家人寿保险公司的目标是将其在美国的人寿保险销售额提高 260%。为了实现这一目标，该公司与一家大型分销公司达成了协议。根据协议，该公司将开始向分销公司的 130 多家成员公司及其客户提供人寿保险产品。作为协议的一部分，保险公司需要在短短 18 个月内推出一条新的产品线，包括一个新的网络门户。按时完成任务是一项艰巨的挑战，该公司决定从瀑布式开发转向敏捷开发，以加速其开发流程。
解决方案
该公司采用了由 IBM Analytics 解决方案支持的 DevOps 方法，将其组织从 100% 瀑布式开发转变为 75% 敏捷开发。软件工厂包含五个关键步骤：检查产品待办事项、制定发布待办事项、创建发布冲刺计划、执行冲刺和验证每个发布。该公司使用 DevOps 方法优化整个软件交付生命周期。在每个团队确定本月要交付的内容后，它就会在两周的冲刺中持续交付。
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