trends in software development
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orDeveloping world-class software whilst sitting in Starbucks
Trends in Software Development
Daniel Vaughan www.ebi.ac.uk
“The goal when building software is to minimise the time between idea and
business value.”
“We have the capability to build code fast and sustainably deliver a constant
stream of value.”
Potential Business ValueBusiness per advisor / year £200kPotential extra per hour saved £100Advisors 1,500Potential hours saved per year 7,500 (50 per advisor)Potential extra revenue / year £750kEstimated cost of development £30k
Deployment CostsItem Costs Running Total
Oracle Application Server license £20k £20kOracle Database Server license £30k £50kUpgrade to multi-core license x2 £100kServer hardware £10k £110kStaff, backups, hosting costs £15k £125kLoad balancing severs x2 £250kRedundant fall-over servers x2 £500kFrankfurt disaster recovery replica x2 £1m
“The business often has difficulty understanding why getting
software deployed is slow and expensive.”
“We have the capability to deploy software fast and cost effectively.”
“We now have techniques for building sustainable code fast and capability to
deploy it fast and cost effectively.”
“We now have the opportunity to reduce the time from idea to business value to hours instead of months. We can achieve this only by developers being part of the team that engages
with users directly.”
Dan North• Tuesday 20th
September• 9:30am• Everyone welcome
Questions?