Corporate Community Drives Innovation for Large Scale PLM Business Processes with Aras

1. ACE 2011 International
Aras Community
Collaboration, Communication &
Collaboration Communication &
Innovation 300 Brickstone Square
Suite 904
Andover, MA 01810
Andover, MA 01810
[978] 691‐8900
www.aras.com
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2. Agenda
What is the Aras Community
Where is the Aras Community
Aras Community in Action
Contributing to the Community
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3. What is the Aras Community
Open Source Community
“… the people who form intentionally and
spontaneously around something important to
them. It includes the people who use or benefit
h l d h l h b f
from the project, those who participate and share
the project to wider audiences, and the
the project to wider audiences and the
contributors...”
» The Open Source Way
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4. What is the Aras Community
Enterprise Open Source, Corporate Community
All Access
• Corporate Users, Enthusiasts, Developers
• Bloggers Thought Leaders Listeners
Bloggers, Thought Leaders, Listeners
Leadership
• Employees, Partners, Sponsors
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• Public Corporations, Private Companies, Government Entities
Community Contributions
• Faster Innovation
• Shaping the Future
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5. Participating & Contributing
There are many ways to participate & contribute
Inputs & requests Discussions (Forums, Blogs, LinkedIn, etc)
• Contributing specifications
ib i ifi i • Answer questions, help others
i h l h
• Form designs • Post ideas
• Use cases Share your story
• Workflows • Let us know
• Data models • Post a comment online
• Solutions / applications / add‐ons
/ pp / • Write a blog
Write a blog
Collaborative development • Contribute an article
• Prototyping Translations
• Development • Create a language pack
• Interfaces & integrations • Translate documentation
• Testing & verification • Translate or check Help files
Creating documentation Or… just tell a Colleague or Friend
Give us feedback, we want to hear, we want to know
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6. Where is the Aras Community
Aras Website
Twitter
@aras_plm
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/ArasPLM
LinkedIn
Aras Community Network
130+ Countries, 6 Continents
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7. Aras Community Events
20 Known Events last year
Many More Upcoming
Lets Us Know about yours!
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8. Aras Community in Action
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9. Aras Community in Action
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10. Community Project’s
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11. Community Projects
Public Beta
Goals
Fulfill Community Request
• Even more collaborative environment
Extend Community Pages on Aras Home Page
Extend Community Pages on Aras Home Page
• Enable easy upload of new projects or ideas
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• Start a review and release process
• Summary of ongoing Projects, Ideas and released Projects
Encourage Contributions and Participation
• All community members
• Anyone can participate
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12. Community Projects
PublicBeta
Idea Process
Submit ideas as a new Project without a project owner
• Project Status = Idea Submitted
An Owner assigned
• Immediately when uploading
Immediately when uploading
• when someone claims Ownership
• Project Status = In Development
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13. Community Projects
Public Beta
Project Process
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Project Owner promotes the Project to “In Review” when
ready to be published
Aras reviews Projects “In Review” and promotes them to
one of these next status:
• I D l
In Development ‐ message to owner and team that rework is
t t dt th t ki
required
• Rejected – message to owner and team why ?
• Active – broadcast to community (partners, subscribers)
For Active Projects the Owner can submit Updated
and/or Upgraded Solutions to Aras Support.
and/or Upgraded Solutions to Aras Support
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14. Collaborative Pages
| Collaborate
New Pages – will require a
Community login
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15. Projects Summary Grid
| Collaborate
Request participation
In a project (with an Owner)
Owner must acknowledge
Upload a new Project or just
an Idea for a Project You can claim Ownership for
Projects without assigned
Onwers
Before a Project is promoted
to „Active“ an Owner must be
assigned
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16. Community Project Details
Downloads are only avaliable
on „Active“ Projects
Status Can be:
-Idea S bmitted
Idea Submitted
-In Development
-In Review
-Active
-Rejected
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-Closed
Owner and Team Members
Open Team Data Exchange can open page to upload
Specs and to exchange earl
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versions
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17. Community Projects
Public Beta
Existing Community Projects platform will remain
Community Project Data Model will be extended to
support new team features
Access to defined Community Project details will be
extended to the Community Projects Page
Summary View of Projects in all statuses will be
published on the Community Projects Page
Public Beta launching in 2011
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18. THANK YOU
Questions? Contact Jennifer at jmccullough@aras.com
See you next year…
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19. ACE 2011 International
Aras Community
Collaboration, Communication &
Collaboration Communication &
Innovation 300 Brickstone Square
Suite 904
Andover, MA 01810
Andover, MA 01810
[978] 691‐8900
www.aras.com
Copyright © 2011 Aras All Rights Reserved. aras.com