4 posts tagged “Agentic Development”
A five-part, vendor-number-labeled field guide to IBM Bob for Maximo shops: what Bob is, how its models and security work, how to govern and price it, how it meets Maximo through MCP and skills, and how to pilot it without trusting a single marketing figure.
Surendra KattaOct 6, 2026Part 0 of 5
IBM Bob started as an internal pilot and is now a SaaS and self-hosted agentic platform. Here is the dated timeline, the V2 three-tier design, the clients, the Agent/Plan/Ask modes, and the extension points a Maximo team will actually touch.
Surendra Katta
What IBM Bob can actually do against Maximo today: the MAS 9.2 native MCP server, IBM's two Maximo Bob skills, MAF Local Dev Mode, a community evaluation, a task-fit table, and where TMG's Max_Interfaces, Max_mcp, and Max_autoscripts fit.
Surendra Katta
How to pilot IBM Bob on a Maximo estate without trusting a vendor number: IBM-reported customer metrics versus independent views, the competitive field, eight points of guidance, a pilot metric design (defect escapes, review hours, Bobcoins per task), and the open questions as a checklist.
Surendra KattaOct 6, 2026Part 5 of 5