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Blue Mountain RAM Product Roadmap

Jim Erickson, President and CEORandy Paroda, Director of Product Development

Product Roadmap

Presentation outline– Listening to our customers– The development process– Blue Mountain RAM platform– What’s next

The Development Process

Development Methodology Software Quality Assurance Product backlog Release strategy

The Development Process

Development Methodologies

Adaptive– Near term is clearer– Far term is fuzzy– Accept change

Predictive– Well planned– Change is difficult– Change control board

Development Methodology Continuum

The Development Process

From the Agile Manifesto– Individuals and interactions over processes

and tools – Working software over comprehensive

documentation – Customer collaboration over contract

negotiation – Responding to change over following a plan

While there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

The Development Process

a group of software development methods based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development and delivery, a time-boxed iterative approach, and encourages rapid and flexible response to change. It is a conceptual framework that promotes foreseen interactions throughout the development cycle.

Agile software development is …

The Development Process

The Development Process

Scrum– Story writing– Estimation– Release planning– Iteration planning– Metrics

Software Quality Assurance

Where we started Challenges we faced Where we are today

Software Quality Assurance

Where we started– Calibration Manager 1

• Circa 1992• DOS application

– SOPs in place– First customer audits soon to follow– Validation Protocol 1994

Software Quality Assurance

Challenges we faced– Traditional Waterfall Methodology– Beta participation decreased– Internal audits increased– Findings increased– Internal processes became counter-productive

Software Quality Assurance

Where we are today– QSII

• Driven from the top• E2500, GAMP 5, ICH 8, 9, 10• Initial phase was 30 month effort• Complete rewrite of our Quality Manual

Software Quality Assurance

Where we see ourselves

Development Methodology ContinuumAdaptive Predictive

Scrum BM Today BM in 2000

Release Strategy

Product lifecycle– Customer expectation

• Goldilocks syndrome (not too fast, not too slow)• Balance revalidation against new functionality

– 5 – 10 years• Major releases (30 months +/- 6)• Service releases ( 12 months +/- 4)• Hotfix (as needed)

Product Backlog

Prioritized list of features and functionality– Product Advisory Board

Sources include– Users– Customer Advisory Board– Sales team– Product owner

Blue Mountain RAM Platform

Blue Mountain RAM Platform

Blue Mountain RAM Platform

Blue Mountain RAM Platform

Blue Mountain RAM Platform

Blue Mountain RAM Platform

Complimentary applications– Upgrade utilities– Direct data import– Onboarding utility– Configuration manager– Configuration comparison tool

Blue Mountain RAM Platform

Blue Mountain RAM R3 SR2– IE 9 support– Application hyperlinks– Embedded documents and images– Reports in workspaces– Rule Engine enhancements– Usability enhancements

What’s Next

High visibility backlog items– Change control– Mobile / Asynchronous – Enterprise tools– Document libraries– Hosting– Usability enhancements

Blue Mountain RAM Product Roadmap

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