This document discusses how Sonda IT, a large IT company in Latin America, manages multiplatform development across different technologies and geographies using Team Foundation Server. It outlines Sonda IT's previous challenges with separate methodologies, source control, management tools and help desks for different platforms. It then describes how TFS provides a unified approach across .NET, Java, SAP and other platforms with centralized indicators, reports and process management. Key benefits highlighted include increased visibility, quality and team collaboration across the multiplatform software factory.

1. Managing a
multiplatform
development software
factory using Team
Foundation Server.

2. Agenda
 Who are we?
 What was our challenge?
 Multiplatform development
 What really matters for management?
 Indicators and reports
 Tools
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3. Who are we?
 4th biggest IT
company in Latin
America
Source: IDC
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4. Who are we?
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5. What was our challenge?
Sonda IT - Previously scenario
Oracle Database
Client
SAP ECC
Visual Basic App SAP App
Methodology No Structured No Structured
Source Control Source Safe DDIC
Management Tool Internal Tool Internal Tool
Help Desk Tool No integration No integration
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6. What was our challenge?
Sonda IT - Current scenario
Manage all platforms with the
same methodology, Clients
Any Dispositive
processes, indicators and Application Server
.NET Applications
Multiple Database
reports.
Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Unified Methodology
All Others
SAP Multiple Database
platform Cloud Application Server
WCF Services
Methodology Customized and Unified
Source Control DDIC TFS
SAP ECC
Management
TFS
Tool
Help Desk Tool Integrated with TFS Client
Oracle Database
Visual Basic Application
Unit Test SAP TFS
Functionality Test TFS
Oracle Database
Application Server
Java Application
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7. Multiplatform development – Sonda IT scenario
 Many Products (Softwares)
 New products development
 Legacy products
 Different environments and development technologies
 Databases
 Development languages
 Version Control
 Geographically distributed development
 Centralized management
 Indicators and reports
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8. Multiplatform development – Sonda IT scenario
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9. What really matters for management?
 Visibility
 Planning x Actual
Indicators
Reports
 Quality
 Test
 Traceability
 Team Work
 Engagement
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10. What really matters for management? Sonda IT scenario
 Customization of process template
 Implementation of Work Items for control activities
 Integration of Team Foundation Server with our Help
Desk tool
 Team Foundation Server Manages in Sonda IT
 .Net, Visual Basic and Java
All stages of life cycle covered by Team Foundation Server
 SAP
All stages, except Source Control and Unit Test
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11. Indicators and Reports
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12. Indicators and Reports
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13. Indicators and Reports
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14. Tools
 What kind of tools we are using to help us on
management?
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15. José Freire Neto
jose.freireneto@sondait.com.br
@josefreireneto
facebook.com/josefreireneto
Tel.: 55 (11) 5504-0829
Cel.:55 (11) 96452-6566