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The Agile Advantage: How Agile Integration Improves Outcomes for Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Corporate Environment By Greg Spehar MBA, PMP, PMI-ACP 1

The Need  Acceleration of Migration of Applications to Cloud Based Solutions (SaaS)  The SaaS software market will increase 25 percent in 2013 to $59 billion, a 25 percent increase. In 2014, the market is expected to total $75 billion. Forrester uses the term “smart computing” to define apps that, for instance, provide direct access to data for decision-making. It also includes data analytics and business intelligence in the category.  TechCrunch; Jan 2013 - Forrester: SaaS And Data- Driven “Smart” Apps Fueling Worldwide Software Growth 2

Global Market Growth for SaaS 3

Requires An agile data migration and process integration methodology that can be defined to ensure a high probability of success with the highest quality delivery when integrating a new system into a corporate environment. 4

Process to Success  Understanding Your SaaS Solution  Defining The Project Context 1) Data Migration and Configuration 2) Process Evaluation and Change Management 3) Reporting and Data Integrity 4) Portal Integration into Existing Website/s  Project Management Context 1) Stakeholder Management and Communications 2) Risk Management and Action 3) Action Management and Follow-up 5

SaaS Solutions Options Customers, Clients and Users 2 3 1 Web Web Web Web Interface Web Interface Interface Interface Interface Database Database D Da Database Dat Da All Data Co-Mingled Customer Independent Customer Independent Web Database & Database 6

Quest for Agile Integration  Risk Management Exercise  Agile drives risk discovery early in process  Individuals and interactions over processes and tools  Working software over comprehensive documentation  Customer collaboration over contract negotiation  Responding to change over following a plan  General Rule… 80% of Features are not used…  Software True!  But would it also be true of processes?  Can you say that over 80% of all of your processes are used day in and day out? 7

Stakeholder Hand Holding Meetings & Ensure Status Trust Define the Bring Critical Solutions Aspect 8

Data Migration Gyration & Configuration Hunting Less Translation Understood Issue Issue Leaf Configuration Selection Issue Issue 9

Release Revelations Release 0 – Early Release – Kick Tires Release 1 – 50-70% of Data – Process Evaluation Release 2/3/4/N – Increasing % of Data Migration – Solidify Processes Go-live Release – Final scripts and processes ready 10

Re-Engineering Anxiety • Perform Re-Engineering Effort Before Migration Prior • Reduces impact to end users • Risky since it requires clairvoyance • Perform Re-Engineering Effort During the Migration During • Most effective use of resources • Risky since it put most stress on end users • Perform Re-Engineering Effort After the Migration After • Extra effort since system changes are needed • Risky with users establishing new habits 11

Product Backlog Popularity Contest Multi-Pass Release 1-N Medium Risk Acceptance First Pass Release – Go-Live Release 0 Least Risk Most Risk Vendor Backlog Management 12

Product Backlog ER Level 1 (CRITIAL) Level 2 (SOON) Level 3 (LATER) Backlog Prioritization To Achieve Go-Live 13

Process Backlog – Mirror – Mirror Multi-Pass Release 1-N Medium Risk Process Change Acceptance First Pass Release – Go-Live Release 0 Least Risk Process Most Risk Change Process Change Client Process Management 14

People, Process and Tools Do or Die  People  Need to have good skilled resources:  Project Manager  Technical Resources  Business Analysts (Reporting / Process)  Processes  Need to have good project processes  Communications, PM Management, etc.  Tools  Need to have good project tools for management  Action Management, Migration Scripts, etc. 15

Questions? 16

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Additional Support  Greg Spehar MBA, PMP, ACP, Senior Project Manager  503-332-3663  Personal: spehargreg@yahoo.com  Company: gspehar@corsource.com  CorSource:  Your Business Intelligence partner with expertise in data analytics, software development & technical staffing. 18

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