1Copyright © Serena Software 2015

Serena Business Manager

Visualizing 2016

David J. Easter

Director of Product Management,

SBM & Solutions

April 2016

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Table stakes:

Able to create business level workflow

• Low-code / no-code

• Graphical Editor

• Strong integration options

• Rich decision capabilities

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• Where is an item in the process? (Notification / Reporting)

• How did the item get here? (History)

• What changed over the life of the item? (Auditing)

Today: Strong visibility into an item / items within SBM

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Waiting In Process Done

3rd Party

applicationSerena Business

Manager

REST

Calls

Connector

• What are the statuses of all the items in the process?

• How do I gather information from other sources?

• What is the status of items outside SBM that affect this process?

• How can other external processes update information in SBM?

Focus for 2016: Increased visibility of multiple

items across the ecosystem

(Subject to change without notice.)

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What’s coming in ‘Aurora’

1HCY’16

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• Introduce new Kanban Board View• Card wall based interface; Based on feeds from SBM or outside sources

SBM “Aurora”

Improve participation in Agile environments

(Subject to change without notice.)

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• Enhanced Backlog View

• Improved control over display

• Ability to reference chosen priority in other applications

SBM “Aurora”

Improve participation in Agile environments

(Subject to change without notice.)

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• Document existing REST/JSON interfaces

• Currently utilized by Serena solutions

• Update anything additional to ensure supportability

Inbound REST improvements

REST

capable

application

Serena

Business

Manager

Create

Read

Update

Delete

(Subject to change without notice.)

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• Built on same framework as current SRC Mobile Client

• Mobile enables any process app

• Empowers designer to limit fields shown on mobile app

• Tuned for smartphone screen size availability

• Form Actions will be supported

SBM Mobile Client

(Subject to change without notice.)

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Application launch / favorites redesign

Launch non-favorite

Pull-

dow

n a

nd

easie

r fa

voriting

(Subject to change without notice.)

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Drag and Drop view management

(Subject to change without notice.)

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Further improve Work Center searchingU

ser

defined f

acets

Search by ID

Sorting

(Subject to change without notice.)

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• Automatically adjust screen layout based on device

• For browser based clients

Device Responsive UI

(Subject to change without notice.)

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Update Reporting Library

• Additional graph types

• Providing OOTB reports for notifications, followed items

(Subject to change without notice.)

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Sneak Peek at

“Babylon” (2HCY16)

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SBM “Babylon”

Enable migration from Workspace (Classic UI)

(Subject to change without notice.)

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Groups

Easier default configuration based on groups

Group 2

Dashboards:

- Dashboard 2

- Dashboard 3

Activities:

- Activity 3

- Activity 4

Member of Group 1

Dashboards:

- Dashboard 1

- Dashboard 2

Activities:

- Activity 1

- Activity 2

Member of Group 2

Dashboards:

- Dashboard 2

- Dashboard 3

Activities:

- Activity 3

- Activity 4

Member of Group 1

and Group 2

Dashboards:

- Dashboard 1

- Dashboard 2

- Dashboard 3

Activities:

- Activity 1

- Activity 2

- Activity 3

- Activity 4

Group 1

Dashboards:

- Dashboard 1

- Dashboard 2

Activities:

- Activity 1

- Activity 2

Users

(Subject to change without notice.)

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• Serena Data Server

• Modular plug-ins to enable gathering of data from external sources

• For example, a DB without a REST API

• Then make gathered data appear native to SBM

• “Integration Framework”

• Based on integration capabilities found in RLC

• Standalone module usable by SBM, Dimensions, RLC, etc.

• Enables complex scripting to both gather data as well as take

actions on the remote system

Integration with non-REST capable sources

(Subject to change without notice.)

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• Enhance Application Usage (in Work Center)

• Who uses which process app, when, and for how long?

Application Usage

(Subject to change without notice.)

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Expected release timelines

Q1CY16 Q2CY16 Q3CY16 Q4CY16

Aurora (July‘16)• Agile

• Kanban View

• Backlog View enh’s

• Device Responsive UI

• MLS Phase 3

• Improved inbound REST interface

• Update Reporting library

• SBM Mobile Client

• Operating environment support

• Customer ideas

10.1.5.3 (Jan‘16)

• Customer Defects

11.0.1 (Mar ’16)• SAML 2.0

• Date enhancement

• Defect resolution

(Subject to change without notice.)

Babylon (Oct’16)• Work Center migration

• Integration• “Serena Data Server”

• Integration Framework

• Application Usage

• Customer Ideas

• Operating environment support

• And more!

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Thank You!