Wednesday, March 28 th , 2007 SaaS in the eyes of the user Aviram Eisenberg CEO, Ignite

PLM/SDM Objectives Single View of all Software Development project life cycle aspects Effective onsite-offshore communication Keep in control of project budget/schedule/metrics Transparent to the customer Highly accessible Support for Agile Development

Single View of all Software Development project life cycle aspects

Effective onsite-offshore communication

Keep in control of project budget/schedule/metrics

Transparent to the customer

Highly accessible

Support for Agile Development

Why SaaS? Web based – highly accessible No hosting overhead No administration overhead Low cost – standard version is free of charge! Free upgrades Pay as you grow model

Web based – highly accessible

No hosting overhead

No administration overhead

Low cost – standard version is free of charge!

Free upgrades

Pay as you grow model

A Lighthouse in the mist Dashboard Project/Tasks management Resource management Requirement management Issue tracking Change management Test management Defect management Document management Time management Customized Reporting Module

Dashboard

Project/Tasks management

Resource management

Requirement management

Issue tracking

Change management

Test management

Defect management

Document management

Time management

Customized Reporting Module

Dashboard

Project Management

Requirements Management

Tests Management

Defect Management

Time Management

Customized Reports

Security Limited control over security measures The corporate data is co-located with our competitors’ data! Who is viewing the corporate data? On the other hand, it’s only psychological fear

Limited control over security measures

The corporate data is co-located with our competitors’ data!

Who is viewing the corporate data?

On the other hand, it’s only psychological fear

Customization Generic product vs. customized product Change requests that are not popular receive low priority New features requests Integration with version control systems Bidirectional Links to wiki Audit trail Customized work flow

Generic product vs. customized product

Change requests that are not popular receive low priority

New features requests

Integration with version control systems

Bidirectional Links to wiki

Audit trail

Customized work flow

Interfaces To External Platforms Interface to and from MS Project Export R&D metrics to external Data Warehouse Integration with IDE Integration with version control systems Integration with defect management systems

Interface to and from MS Project

Export R&D metrics to external Data Warehouse

Integration with IDE

Integration with version control systems

Integration with defect management systems

Backup & Recovery Limited control over backup measures Where are the backup sets? Who is responsible for the recovery?

Limited control over backup measures

Where are the backup sets?

Who is responsible for the recovery?

Upgrades Downtime during upgrades vs. seamless upgrades Limited control over downtime periods

Downtime during upgrades vs. seamless upgrades

Limited control over downtime periods

Support A product oriented company may have difficulties providing effective service Online support 24X7 Support Knowledge base User Manuals Training

A product oriented company may have difficulties providing effective service

Online support

24X7 Support

Knowledge base

User Manuals

Training

Performance & Usability The communication is over the WAN Web-based application Use of Ajax Integration with MS Project, Word, Excel

The communication is over the WAN

Web-based application

Use of Ajax

Integration with MS Project, Word, Excel

Branding Logo Corporate look & feel Terminology

Logo

Corporate look & feel

Terminology

Wednesday, March 28 th , 2007 Aviram Eisenberg CEO, Ignite [email_address] www.igniteoutsourcing.com The outcome of a cooperation is not by sharing the limited opportunities exist but creating a new abundance where it was not previously showed. Q&A