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Software Project Lifecycle Collaboration :: The Wiki Way

June 25, 2008, 3:00PM – 4:00PM ESTSerebrum Corporation

555 US Highway 1 S, Iselin, NJ 08830

www.serebrum.com | axon@serebrum.com

TheWiki Way

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Agenda

• Introduction: The Wiki Way Krishna Polineni

• Features Demo Sushil Vegad

• Software Lifecycle Use Cases Sushil Vegad– Project Planning (CMMI)– Requirements Management

• Next Steps

• Q&A

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Serebrum Profile

• Develop Custom Applications– eBusiness and eGovernment Focus– Enterprise Modernization (Legacy Web)– Portals, Content Management, Collaboration– Web 2.0: High Usability (Ajax), Search

• Axon Enterprise Collaboration Portal– Wiki approach to enterprise collaboration– EASE OF USE: #1 Priority– 100% Ajax, Java EE– On Premise or On Demand

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NSF SBIR 2006.2 Research GrantProject BrainStormTM – Collaborative Customer Requirements Elicitation for Distributed Software Teams

Investors

DoD Navy SBIR 2006.1 Research GrantA Security Framework for WikisTopic: Cross-Domain Collaboration PortalExplore use in military intelligence capture and sharing

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The Problem• Team Collaboration

– Projects are getting larger – Requirements! Estimates! Issues!– Teams are distributed – across time zones– Current solutions do not empower users!– Email / IM / Blogs: Information Overload!!!

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The Solution: Empower the User!

Knowledge Management

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Budgeting & Forecasting

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CMS

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The Solution: Easy Collaboration

Knowledge Management

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Budgeting & Forecasting

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Wiki

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Wiki-centric Collaboration

Wikipedia.org(MediaWiki)

Stage 1:Proof of Concept

Open Source • Confluence

• PBWiki• MindTouch etc.

Stage 2:Basic Business Wikis

MicrosoftSharePoint

Stage 3:Wiki-embedded

Collaboration Systems

Serebrum Axon Collaboration

Portal

Stage 4:Wiki-centric

Collaboration Systems

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Enterprise Wiki Checklist

• True WYSIWYG Editing

• Versioning and Rollback

• Topic Hierarchy / Ontology

• Powerful Search• Easy Publishing

• Role-based Access Control

• Data Security• Compatible with

Existing Infrastructure• Extensible via Web

Services

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Enterprise Usage Scenarios

Functional Area Potential Uses

Across the Enterprise

• Knowledge Management• Project Management and Control

Software Engineering, Consulting

• Requirements Management• Project Management and Control• Collaborative Authoring and Publishing

Finance • Budgeting and Forecasting• Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Sales & Marketing • Campaign Development• Collateral Management

Human Resources • Policies and Benefits• eLearning

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Global Menu

Workspace

Display Area

Workspace

Search

Editable Content

Document Management System

Layout

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Tree Menu(Create, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Rename)

Topic Tree

Topic Tree

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WYSIWYG Editor

Editor ToolbarEditor

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View Topic Version 1

Rollback to Version 1

Version Control and Rollback

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Link to Schedule

Interlink Topics

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Switch to topic ‘Schedule’

Interlink Topics

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Document Management System (DMS)Click Attach

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Select Copy

Copy Paste Documents

Select Paste

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WebDAV: Desktop Integration

Document Repository on Windows File System

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Enter search keyword

Search Results

Search

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Search Results linking to Topic

Search Window is minimized

Search

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AxonDocument Assember

xHTML

DOC / TXT

HTML

Editor

Export

RTF

PDF

xHTML

eHelp(JavaHelp, HTMLHelp)

Axon Publishing Model

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Manage Users

Manage Groups

Move to Admin Console

Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

Manage Roles

Manage Spaces

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Project Management

• Initiation

• Planning

• Control

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Select New Topic

CMMI Level 2 Standards Example

Enter Topic Name

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New Topic Created

CMMI Level 2 Standards Example

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Drag n Drop Topics

Export Publish Select Export

DocumentFormats

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Publish to PDF

Topic Hierarchy

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Lock the Document

Project Plans

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Contract Documents

Contract Documents

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Status Reports

Status Reports

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Change Order Documents

Workflow Window

Approved

ApprovalPending

Rejected

Approval Workflow: Change Orders

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Requirements Management

• Business Requirements– Flow Diagrams– Use Cases (Import from Word, Edit)

• Software Requirements– Functional Specs– Requirements Templates– Traceability Matrix – Req – Glossary

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Business Requirements

Use a requirements definition template specific

to your business

Embed or attach process flow

diagrams. DefineBusiness rules

Easy Editing by Business Users

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Use Case Example

Import your existing

templates from Word

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Convert Word Templates to Web-based Collaborative Content

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Software Requirements

Imported from Word for

Collaborative EditingIEEE Standards

Template

Intra-link

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Traceability Matrix

Intra-link Requirement # to Relevant Topic

Intra-link

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Next Steps

• Slides will be emailed to all attendees

• Q & A to be emailed as an addendum

• One-on-One Demos

• Onsite Trials

• Webinar: Collaborative Knowledge Management / eLearning– Wednesday, July 30,

2008, 3PM – 4PM

• Krishna Polineni– axon@serebrum.com– 1.877.WebSphere

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Questions & Answers• How do we control unqualified users from contributing meaningless information?

– Axon implemented a robust role-based access control mechanism. Depending on the space manager’s judgment, “Read Only” or “Read-Write” rights can be enforced. Further, a topic can be locked from any future edits once it is at a satisfactory level of information.

• What are your thoughts on user adoption and integration with existing technologies?– Users adopt tools that are easy to use. Axon was designed with this in mind. Axon is

architected to interface with existing repositories such as FileNet, Vignette, Oracle, DB2 or SQLServer.

• How does Axon compare with SharePoint?– Axon delivers what SharePoint delivers. Our feedback from users indicates SharePoint is

being used more as a share drive. It requires programming to do anything meaningful. If it is too difficult to use, users won’t use it. Axon is designed from the ground-up to be used with little or no training.

• What is the Axon architecture?– Axon is based on the Java EE architecture with a 100% Ajax interface. It can run on any

operating system and interface with any database. Axon comes with a self-contained mySQL DB and LDAP so it can operate stand-alone as well.

• What is the licensing model?– Axon is available on-premise on a per CPU or per user basis. We can also host it on a per

user basis.