Slide deck to accompany Alfresco and Monetical webinar on 18 January 2011

1. Agile Led Alfresco
Implementation
John E. Abram
Managing Consultant
www.monetical.com

2. Agile
Manifesto
• Project collaboration over complex project processes
• Working software over comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan

3. Commodi1sed
So3ware
Projects
• Commoditise software implementation
• Alfresco open source philosophy
• Address commercial challenges
• Creates significant value early for
Alfresco Sponsors, Stakeholders
and User Communities

4. Addressing
Concerns
Chief Technology Officer User Base
Con1nuous
Skill
Capability
Technology
Demo
Sprints
Engagement
Velocity
Demo
Schedule
Needs
Narra6ve
Plain-­‐English
concern
ROI
Value
Confidence
Walls
Visual
PPT

5. Tradi1onal
Transforma1on
Process
Masses of
Documentation
Persona
Needs
&
Wants
Persona
Lengthy production
cycle

6. Agile
Transforma1on
Process
Unique Standardised/
commoditized
Organisa1on
Segments
Specifica1on
Func1on
Project
Epics
Sprint
Actors
Tasks
Stories
Sprint
Needs
&
Tasks
Sprint
Wants
Sprint
Epics
Tasks
Actors
Sprint
Stories
Sprint
Tasks
Sprint

7. Alfresco
Community
Knowledge
Life
Cycle
Alfresco
Standardised Alfresco Work Tasks Community
Consume Contribute
A single Alfresco Project

8. Backlog
Management
Needs
&
Actors
Story
Backlog
Task
Wants
Index of Stories Prioritisation Total Sprint Count

9. Standardised
Project
Work
Packs
make
up
a
STORY
Needs
&
Actors
Story
Backlog
Task
Wants
Canned Tasks
Nothing Missed
Rapid Planning
Skill Gap

10. Individual
Work
Tasks
Needs
&
Actors
Story
Backlog
Task
Wants
Estimates
Instructions
Discussions
Test Scenarios

11. Alfresco
Light-­‐weight
Programming
Model
● Service-oriented interfaces
● Transformation, templating
● Workflow
● Aspects as extensions
● Actions on create, update, destroy
● Injection for security, access, etc.
● Templating
● FreeMarker for mark-up
● Access to compound structures
● JavaScript extensions
● Full data model
● REST-style of interface
● URL-addressability of all functions

12. Recap
● Standardization in software implementation has arrived
● Work packs (individual work tasks = coding, estimates, instructions
etc)
● Agile methodology ideal for standardization
● Transform unique business needs into standard tasks
● Alfresco technology platform & community
● Portal & Templates
● Services & Workflows
● Full data model
● What next
● 1on1 Demonstration Thank you
John Abram