TESTING XPAGES WITH A PILOT PROJECT – THE ESSENTIALSPresented by Maarga Systems

Presenters:

Gayathri Viswanathan, C.O.O.

Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, C.E.O

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

• Venki Krishnamoorthy• Expertise:

• Consulting• IT Effectiveness• Value Alignment

• Gayathri Viswanathan• Expertise:

• Process• Technology• Solutioning

Recording will be available at www.notescode.com & www.maargasystems.com

• Software Services Firm• Deep Lotus Expertise, 55+ Experts• Operations in Iselin, NJ & Chennai, India

Overview

The Context

Xpages Overview Why Pilot Steps Q&A

Poll

• What is your organization doing about XPages?• Nothing• Exploring• Piloting• Full Steam• NA

XPages – The Context

XPages is one of many options

What is your goal?

Busyness is Laziness

You need a complete roadmap

XPages Overview

Framework Address Known Limitations of Domino

Based on JSF

Better Development Experience

Leverage

Domino/Web Skills

Designed for Web 2.0

XPages Look & Feel

XPages – Developers’ View

Courtesy: http://www.wissel.net/blog/archive?openview&type=Month&key=2008-9

Why Pilot?

The Context

Xpages Overview Why Pilot Steps Q&A

Why Pilot? The Business View

Dedicated Time to Test

Sandbox

Learn from Failures, Amplify Success

Win User/Management Confidence

Why Pilot? The Technical View

Decide on Approach

Restructure Applications

Application & Server Optimization

Poll #2

• What are your reasons for considering a pilot?• Dedicated Time to Test• Sandbox• Learn from Failures, Amplify Success• Win User/Management Confidence• Decide on Technical Approach• Restructure Applications• Explorig Application & Server Optimization Issues

The Steps

The Context

Xpages Overview Why Pilot Steps Q&A

Define Objectives

Plan the Pilot

Communicate Execute Close

The Steps

Define Objectives

Validate Fit

EstablishBusiness Case

Validate Resource

Requirements

Time, Effort Validation

Surface Risks

Plan the Pilot

Effort, Budget

Schedule

Communication

Infrastructure

Contributors

Plan B

Communicate the Pilot

Who

Frequency

Content

Modes

Set Expectation

Execute & Get Feedback

Define and Design

Eliminate obsolete use cases

Differentiate use cases

Design User Experience

Develop

Reuse business logic

Create reusable controls

Incorporate best practices

Test

Functionality testing

Performance testing

Test for data integrity

Deploy

Training plan

Server deployment

Server fine tuning

Close Pilot

• Answer• Document

Loop Back

• Internal• Management

Present Findings

Questions Please

The Context

Xpages Overview Why Pilot Steps Q&A

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