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=== March is a month of Support === | === March is a month of Support === | ||
- | To: Tira, Tracie, Andrei | + | '''To: Tira, Tracie, Andrei''' |
- | From: Alex | + | '''From: Alex''' |
Upper management brought to my attention that number of complex and critical bugs is increasing. | Upper management brought to my attention that number of complex and critical bugs is increasing. | ||
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We need to resolve this rapidly. | We need to resolve this rapidly. | ||
- | I believe that this happens due to the following reasons: | + | '''I believe that this happens due to the following reasons:''' |
* growing list of new interrelated features increased system complexity significantly | * growing list of new interrelated features increased system complexity significantly | ||
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* MO-BA-SA-Dev-QA-BA is too long and too linear (no cross communication or group communication) | * MO-BA-SA-Dev-QA-BA is too long and too linear (no cross communication or group communication) | ||
- | How to resolve this: | + | '''How to resolve this:''' |
* focus on quality not quantity | * focus on quality not quantity | ||
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* BA/SA will put on hold new designs related to enhancements (example: portal) and large new components (example: Rates DB) | * BA/SA will put on hold new designs related to enhancements (example: portal) and large new components (example: Rates DB) | ||
- | * Team Denise/Alex will attempt to resolve all TMS/Portal issues | + | * BA&Support team will be divided into 2 parts |
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+ | * Team A '''Denise/Alex''' will attempt to resolve all TMS/Portal issues | ||
** create a list of problems, find best solutions, discuss with developers, make decision and submit into coding | ** create a list of problems, find best solutions, discuss with developers, make decision and submit into coding | ||
+ | ** document things | ||
** help Misha/Sasha/Kostya? to learn business side of Arden Dom Trucking so that they themselves can create designs | ** help Misha/Sasha/Kostya? to learn business side of Arden Dom Trucking so that they themselves can create designs | ||
+ | ** have Joint voice design sessions with Mauricio and Misha | ||
+ | ** Tira on as needed basis to explain Portal functionality | ||
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+ | * Team B '''Tira/Tracie/Andrei''' | ||
+ | ** daily support for all non-TMS/Portal issues including IT (Coordinator: Tracie; escalate to Tira/Andrei) | ||
+ | ** every person of this team must understand 95-100% and be able to investigate EVERY module | ||
+ | ** create User Guides for all components (Coordinator: Tira, lead by example please!) | ||
+ | ** some low impact or small size tasks might be assigned by Architect this month | ||
+ | ** Airstatus/EU Adv notice (Tira/Tracie to continue for now but lets discuss - I have idea how to simplify) |
Revision as of 03:11, 10 March 2011
Contents |
About
March
itn1
New Strategic decision about "Holistic approach to IT and Web systems" approved by Simon
IT Support coordination will be a responsibility of "Product and Support team". It is a change because up until now they handled only CT2 support.
Disadvantages:
- additional responsibility that requires time
- lack of knowledge and experience
- Tira is strongly qualified (BS in Comp Sci; Master in Info Management Systems; Network certification)
- Tracie and Denise are beginners in IT
Advantages:
- increased value to Jaguar and Market = increased job security
- opportunity to gain new knowledge
- opportunity for Holistic approach (treating IT and CT2 as a whole, not fragmented); examples:
- full vision and control over user/systems interactions and work flows
- more services could be integrated into CT2/Cloud like web folders;
- integration between CT2 and non CT2 system like Sugar and CT2
Transition agenda:
- phase 1 to be completed by the end of March
- Jaguar IT support knowledge exchange (KE)
- 2a IT documentation: blog11, notes11, wiki IT category
- 2b regular KEs
- Career plan for BAs:
- agreement on responsibilities, goals and developmental stages
- Formal IT training
itn3
Who is Who and Vendors list
This info is maintained in Vendors IT
itn4
IT documentation
All wikis related to IT are in Category:IT.
IT Support MAIN WIKI has up to date instructions on how to navigate this directory.
itn5
Desktops and users info (NY office)
It is managed xls attached to this Mantis: 0002803: ** Desktops and users info (NY office) **
Please add columns as required (MS office version, etc)
Every time document is changed new version is attached.
itn6
March is a month of Support
To: Tira, Tracie, Andrei
From: Alex
Upper management brought to my attention that number of complex and critical bugs is increasing.
This makes experience of end users very painful and leads to a lot of frustration on the part of our clients.
We need to resolve this rapidly.
I believe that this happens due to the following reasons:
- growing list of new interrelated features increased system complexity significantly
- we are introducing new changes rapidly and without careful analysis (focus on quantity not quality)
- most people on our team have only minimal understanding of CT2 components outside of components they "own" (Example: Tira - Client, Tracie -Acc, etc)
- not enough verbal communication between all members of the team particularly with developers
- non technical BAs and MOs make bad design decisions and force them into development
- SAa are doing often a poor job and creating analysis that has critical errors
- MO-BA-SA-Dev-QA-BA is too long and too linear (no cross communication or group communication)
How to resolve this:
- focus on quality not quantity
- do not rush adding many enhancements
- add components after you selected best design and fully understand impact on the system
- focus on support:
- every BA, SA, QA must understand 95-100% and be able to investigate EVERY module
- all components should have complete, correct and readable documentation
- move systems design from BA&Support Team to Dev Team
- more verbal communication between all members of the team developing components
- improved soft dev process (some highlights):
- Architect to review all tasks at various stages of BA/SA/Dev
- Architect to identify impact of each task and advise
- low impact changes/projects could be documented by BAs; SAs are on as needed basis
- high impact changes/projects must be run by technical staff (SA or/and Developer); BAs are on as needed basis
- For low impact projects:
- BA team must submit BR to Dev in Bundles and go over each with developers/Dev Manager (and SAs?) during Skype voice meeting and answer questions
- For med/large and high impact projects:
- BA team must submit RFPOP (Request for proposal or prototype) to Dev team that contains ideally only high level requirements
- BA team must also provide business info (glossary, existing biz processes, relevant industry practices, etc)
- Dev team should in return communicate proposal or prototype as a document and in a multiple Joint Design meetings
- Joint Design sessions (Dev and Product teams) must be held early into BA stage, during Design and at the end
Timeline: March 9 - 30
- BA/SA will put on hold new designs related to enhancements (example: portal) and large new components (example: Rates DB)
- BA&Support team will be divided into 2 parts
- Team A Denise/Alex will attempt to resolve all TMS/Portal issues
- create a list of problems, find best solutions, discuss with developers, make decision and submit into coding
- document things
- help Misha/Sasha/Kostya? to learn business side of Arden Dom Trucking so that they themselves can create designs
- have Joint voice design sessions with Mauricio and Misha
- Tira on as needed basis to explain Portal functionality
- Team B Tira/Tracie/Andrei
- daily support for all non-TMS/Portal issues including IT (Coordinator: Tracie; escalate to Tira/Andrei)
- every person of this team must understand 95-100% and be able to investigate EVERY module
- create User Guides for all components (Coordinator: Tira, lead by example please!)
- some low impact or small size tasks might be assigned by Architect this month
- Airstatus/EU Adv notice (Tira/Tracie to continue for now but lets discuss - I have idea how to simplify)