For more ecommerce webinars visit us at http://www.elasticpath.com/webinars/archive
A successful ecommerce project is a beautiful thing. It can raise revenue, reduce cost, and strengthen a brand. Unfortunately, the visibility of ecommerce and the breadth of stakeholders can amplify the usual project risks-availability of IT skills, understanding of business needs, scope control, accurate estimating, and so on. We sifted through the results (and in some cases, debris) of ecommerce projects over the last 10 years to bring you this "on the ground" view of what to do to turn the odds in your favor.
Featuring: Gord Janzen, Chief Operating Officer, Elastic Path Software and Atul Jain, Associate General Manager, HCL Technologies
Sharepoint, Office365 and Yammer for Effective PMOFaisal Masood
Sharepoint, Office365 and Yammer for Effective PMO.
a. Using Content Type to organize your PMO Structure
b. Effective Site, List and Library Templates for Project Sites
c. Using Yammer for external projects with vendors and customers
d. Project Request Process using InfoPath Web forms and SharePoint Designer workflows
New Business Development Proposal - Adding Project Portfolio Management (PPM)...Rolly Perreaux, PMP
This presentation is a New Business Development Proposal targeted to Microsoft Gold Partners considering adding the Project Portfolio Management competency to their consulting services.
Full video can also be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLIVzqI5d2Q
Presentation Agenda
- PPM Background
- How Microsoft PPM Works
- Market Analysis
- Value Added to Other Services
- PPM Competition
- What I Can Do For You
- Professional Bio
- Contact Information
This presentation provides 5 easy to apply tips for the design of professional PMO and project templates. Practical and pragmatic ideas and concepts that can be applied to all project and PMO templates.
Software Proposal Portal is the only organization exclusively focused on creating software project proposals and customer relationships management needs of software development companies and freelancers.
Salesforce Development and Integration Services for Your BusinessSoftheme
A team of certified Salesforce developers, a deep knowledge of modern software development technologies, an in-depth expertise with the Salesforce platform, critical thinking skills, and a careful analysis of clients' business problems - these are only some of the several things that characterize our approach to Salesforce projects. Review this presentation for a deeper look into our SFDC capabilities. For more information, please visit http://www.softheme.com/salesforce.
Sharepoint, Office365 and Yammer for Effective PMOFaisal Masood
Sharepoint, Office365 and Yammer for Effective PMO.
a. Using Content Type to organize your PMO Structure
b. Effective Site, List and Library Templates for Project Sites
c. Using Yammer for external projects with vendors and customers
d. Project Request Process using InfoPath Web forms and SharePoint Designer workflows
New Business Development Proposal - Adding Project Portfolio Management (PPM)...Rolly Perreaux, PMP
This presentation is a New Business Development Proposal targeted to Microsoft Gold Partners considering adding the Project Portfolio Management competency to their consulting services.
Full video can also be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLIVzqI5d2Q
Presentation Agenda
- PPM Background
- How Microsoft PPM Works
- Market Analysis
- Value Added to Other Services
- PPM Competition
- What I Can Do For You
- Professional Bio
- Contact Information
This presentation provides 5 easy to apply tips for the design of professional PMO and project templates. Practical and pragmatic ideas and concepts that can be applied to all project and PMO templates.
Software Proposal Portal is the only organization exclusively focused on creating software project proposals and customer relationships management needs of software development companies and freelancers.
Salesforce Development and Integration Services for Your BusinessSoftheme
A team of certified Salesforce developers, a deep knowledge of modern software development technologies, an in-depth expertise with the Salesforce platform, critical thinking skills, and a careful analysis of clients' business problems - these are only some of the several things that characterize our approach to Salesforce projects. Review this presentation for a deeper look into our SFDC capabilities. For more information, please visit http://www.softheme.com/salesforce.
Benefits of Lean IT and it's importance.
The world is a merry-go-round and you can't get off. Customers are becoming more demanding, markets are becoming more customised, and product life-cycles that are getting shorter are just a few of the reasons why Lean could be important to you. As the demands on our processes increase they evolve and adapt accordingly which often results in processes that end up inefficient and wasteful. Lean is about challenging the way things are done and opening our eyes to that waste and inefficiency. The environment in which an organization operates will continue to change; Lean can help organizations meet the challenge.
Lean can provide an organization with a clear competitive advantage since the correct application of the Lean principles will realise substantial benefits that include:
- Greater productivity
- Greater throughput
- Improved quality
- Reduced cycle times
- Less fire-fighting
- Smoother operation
- Reduced operating costs
CTE Solutions' preferred Lean IT training provider Snowdon Consulting gave this amazing presentation in our Toronto Office on April 25th, 2014. Click the below link to get a copy of the presentation used during this seminar.
http://blog.ctesolutions.com/management/enterprise-architecture/understanding-lean-it/
How To Use a Structured Project Intake Process to Improve your Project PortfolioDon Clarke, PMP, CSM, CSP
From Project Management for Today - Implementing an effective Project Intake Process is a key success factor for expanding the value of your Project Management Office. Your Intake Processes function as the Gate Keeper for your PMO and are the foundation for effectively managing your PMO Project Portfolio. Facilitating the process that allows your organization to define, approve, and implement within the limited resources available is a big step toward expanding the value of your PMO beyond just successful project delivery. This session will provide real life examples of a functioning Intake Process in today’s rapidly changing business environment, as well as provide high-level take-aways that you can use to improve your organizations Project Intake Process
Business Process Management Center of ExcellenceSandy Kemsley
How to create a business process management center of excellence: the benefits, the resources required, and a suggested timeline to follow. I gave this presentation at the Appian user conference, Appian FORUM, on October 27th, 2009.
This presentation explains a simple 5 step process for establishing a process for measuring standardisation of PMO processes across a number of projects.
It also includes how you can download a copy of the PMO Standardisation Tracking Template.
In this session we'll discuss how agile analysis and project management processes can be applied to Drupal implementation. We'll discuss the setting of expectations for stakeholders when planning and executing a Drupal project, and how to avoid the typical pitfalls. You'll also learn how a multi-disciplined project team can smooth your project execution, and increase your chance for overall success.
Workbench provides easy access to your organization's institutional knowledge via the web, your computer or your mobile devices — wherever you are. Workbench also provides a platform to easily manage and sync your contacts, calendars and content across phone, laptop, desktop and tablet. And enables basic editing right in the web browser.
Workbench address business and service management processes, compatible with CMMI, ISO and ITIL frameworks.
As a self service portal, Workbench provides Content Management, Help Desk/Service management office, and other tools for knowledge workers, with an integrated Knowledge Base and is fully Section 508 and WC3 accessibility compliant.
BA and a PO: Where do they meet and where do they conflctCherifa Mansoura
The role of a Product Owner has diverse responsibilities and often are mistaken with the ones a Business analyst has. This presentation with help you understand where they meet and where they conflict.
Microsoft PPM tool (Project Online / Project Server) Case Study by epmsolutio...Sophia Zhou
Microsoft and Project Management Institute (PMI) have selected our client, the Department of Treasury, as a Microsoft PMicrosoft PPM (Project Online, Project Server) Implementation Case Study to showcase at the PMI Global Congress. In this Microsoft PPM Customer Case Study presentation slides, you will gain valuable insights about the client's Microsoft Project Server migration and implementation journey at its enterprise PMO, including success factors and lessons-learned.
Business analysis is about more than software requirementsDeclan Chellar
When business analysis is limited to (or centred around) the software development lifecycle, it ceases to be about defining the needs of the business and instead supports the main need of the solution provider: deliver software to schedule, which should be a means and not an end in itself.
Speaker: Nenad Trajkovski; Microsoft Project 2013 is more powerful than ever? Do you know what is new? More reports! Editable Reports? Connected with Lync? Or with Sharepoint? If you want to know what is new see this session!
Moving complex enterprise ecommerce systems to the cloudElastic Path
Developing and operating an enterprise commerce ecosystem, with its complex integrations, can often be a significant challenge. Are you wondering if a migration to the cloud would be best for your business, or if it is even possible for your specific applications? In this webinar we will discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of working in a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environment, such as dealing with restricted classes, leveraging automatic scalability, and migrating the persistence layer. Learn from our experiences, as we reveal what worked best as we moved our own multi-server enterprise application from traditional collocated hardware into the Google App Engine cloud environment.
Benefits of Lean IT and it's importance.
The world is a merry-go-round and you can't get off. Customers are becoming more demanding, markets are becoming more customised, and product life-cycles that are getting shorter are just a few of the reasons why Lean could be important to you. As the demands on our processes increase they evolve and adapt accordingly which often results in processes that end up inefficient and wasteful. Lean is about challenging the way things are done and opening our eyes to that waste and inefficiency. The environment in which an organization operates will continue to change; Lean can help organizations meet the challenge.
Lean can provide an organization with a clear competitive advantage since the correct application of the Lean principles will realise substantial benefits that include:
- Greater productivity
- Greater throughput
- Improved quality
- Reduced cycle times
- Less fire-fighting
- Smoother operation
- Reduced operating costs
CTE Solutions' preferred Lean IT training provider Snowdon Consulting gave this amazing presentation in our Toronto Office on April 25th, 2014. Click the below link to get a copy of the presentation used during this seminar.
http://blog.ctesolutions.com/management/enterprise-architecture/understanding-lean-it/
How To Use a Structured Project Intake Process to Improve your Project PortfolioDon Clarke, PMP, CSM, CSP
From Project Management for Today - Implementing an effective Project Intake Process is a key success factor for expanding the value of your Project Management Office. Your Intake Processes function as the Gate Keeper for your PMO and are the foundation for effectively managing your PMO Project Portfolio. Facilitating the process that allows your organization to define, approve, and implement within the limited resources available is a big step toward expanding the value of your PMO beyond just successful project delivery. This session will provide real life examples of a functioning Intake Process in today’s rapidly changing business environment, as well as provide high-level take-aways that you can use to improve your organizations Project Intake Process
Business Process Management Center of ExcellenceSandy Kemsley
How to create a business process management center of excellence: the benefits, the resources required, and a suggested timeline to follow. I gave this presentation at the Appian user conference, Appian FORUM, on October 27th, 2009.
This presentation explains a simple 5 step process for establishing a process for measuring standardisation of PMO processes across a number of projects.
It also includes how you can download a copy of the PMO Standardisation Tracking Template.
In this session we'll discuss how agile analysis and project management processes can be applied to Drupal implementation. We'll discuss the setting of expectations for stakeholders when planning and executing a Drupal project, and how to avoid the typical pitfalls. You'll also learn how a multi-disciplined project team can smooth your project execution, and increase your chance for overall success.
Workbench provides easy access to your organization's institutional knowledge via the web, your computer or your mobile devices — wherever you are. Workbench also provides a platform to easily manage and sync your contacts, calendars and content across phone, laptop, desktop and tablet. And enables basic editing right in the web browser.
Workbench address business and service management processes, compatible with CMMI, ISO and ITIL frameworks.
As a self service portal, Workbench provides Content Management, Help Desk/Service management office, and other tools for knowledge workers, with an integrated Knowledge Base and is fully Section 508 and WC3 accessibility compliant.
BA and a PO: Where do they meet and where do they conflctCherifa Mansoura
The role of a Product Owner has diverse responsibilities and often are mistaken with the ones a Business analyst has. This presentation with help you understand where they meet and where they conflict.
Microsoft PPM tool (Project Online / Project Server) Case Study by epmsolutio...Sophia Zhou
Microsoft and Project Management Institute (PMI) have selected our client, the Department of Treasury, as a Microsoft PMicrosoft PPM (Project Online, Project Server) Implementation Case Study to showcase at the PMI Global Congress. In this Microsoft PPM Customer Case Study presentation slides, you will gain valuable insights about the client's Microsoft Project Server migration and implementation journey at its enterprise PMO, including success factors and lessons-learned.
Business analysis is about more than software requirementsDeclan Chellar
When business analysis is limited to (or centred around) the software development lifecycle, it ceases to be about defining the needs of the business and instead supports the main need of the solution provider: deliver software to schedule, which should be a means and not an end in itself.
Speaker: Nenad Trajkovski; Microsoft Project 2013 is more powerful than ever? Do you know what is new? More reports! Editable Reports? Connected with Lync? Or with Sharepoint? If you want to know what is new see this session!
Moving complex enterprise ecommerce systems to the cloudElastic Path
Developing and operating an enterprise commerce ecosystem, with its complex integrations, can often be a significant challenge. Are you wondering if a migration to the cloud would be best for your business, or if it is even possible for your specific applications? In this webinar we will discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of working in a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environment, such as dealing with restricted classes, leveraging automatic scalability, and migrating the persistence layer. Learn from our experiences, as we reveal what worked best as we moved our own multi-server enterprise application from traditional collocated hardware into the Google App Engine cloud environment.
This slideshow covers some of the major elements of what it takes to become competitive in eCommerce in 2015. Many of these are broad topics but it is a great overview of what you might want to think about as a small, mid, or even enterprise eCommerce business.
Show Me the Money: Connecting Performance Engineering to Real Business ResultsCorrelsense
Performance testing and optimization are often neglected parts of enterprise application roll out and upgrade initiatives.
The challenge for many IT managers is communicating the value of IT performance projects to business stakeholders who would benefit the most.
An interactive discussion with Walter Kuketz, CTO of Collaborative Consulting where he shares:
- How to align key business drivers with your performance engineering projects
- Ways to bridge the IT-business stakeholder communication gap
- A new approach to model business transactions and their IT dependencies
Host: Frank Days
Title: VP of Marketing, Correlsense
AIIM Info 2011 Increasing mobile worker productivityZia Consulting
This session describes how education, healthcare and government organizations can implement a collaborative mobile ECM and Project management strategy for their workforce. Attend as we cover the benefits of using CMIS, mobile applications and devices, and best practices for a mobile ECM delivery strategy.
• The value of writing content rich mobile CMIS applications that work against multiple ECM repositories.
• How to build a strategy to enable increased mobile worker productivity by created task-oriented ECM and project management related activities delivered on mobile devices.
• Mobile ECM best practices that utilize a variety of free and widely available software packages on the iPhone and iPad.
• Examples of mobile content delivery and how it has saved local governments time and money.
Evolve 2014 integrating complex systems for experience driven commerceElastic Path
Completing complex integrations to build experience driven commerce, presented in the technical breakout session at the recent Adobe developer conference Evolve 14 by Andrew Lau, Product Manager at Elastic Path Software
Connecting the Experience: How APIs are Revolutionizing Commerce in the Age of the Consumer
Embedding transactional capability within brand marketing to create digital experiences that bring a brand to life is a powerful new commerce strategy. But significant technical hurdles need to be cleared. How will your business overcome them?
By harnessing API technologies, CIOs, digital CMOs, and developers are finding success in quickly delivering the perfect mix of content and commerce to every piece of glass, without the pain points or slow time to market normally associated with complex enterprise applications.
Join Sal Visca, Chief Technology Officer, Elastic Path, as he reveals how the world's leading brands accelerate the customer journey by using Commerce Integration Platforms and hypermedia APIs to embed commerce software directly within the Adobe Marketing Cloud.
If you’re in charge of IT strategy or implementation, don’t miss this revealing session. You’ll learn:
- How to overcome technical and organizational challenges that block the delivery of experience-driven commerce.
- How hypermedia API technology can embed transactional capabilities directly into Adobe Marketing Cloud.
- How to build a best-of-breed, interoperable technology platform to spur innovation
- How to make IT a super hero among your business users.
To view the full webinar visit: http://www.elasticpath.com/resources/webinar/commerce-content-perfected
The most innovative and profitable digital experiences require almost perfect choreography between your ecommerce and content management systems. In this webinar, we explain how you can achieve a perfect integration – and illustrate it with an insider’s look at how Elastic Path tackles the challenge with leading WCM solutions including Adobe® Experience Manager and OpenText® CEM.
Welcome to the next level of ecommerce capabilities in our latest release version 6.5 of the Digital Commerce Engine™ software. In this webinar we will discuss some of the key highlights including our fully integrated subscription and billing management, advancements to our Digital Commerce API™.
REST Fest 2012: HATEOAS Your Cake and Eat It TooElastic Path
Featured talk by Senior Product Architect Matt Bishop: HATEOAS Your Cake and Eat It Too: Turning Complex Business Processes into an Easy-To-Use API
We set out to build a HATEOAS server that had all the bells and whistles, only to find, well, not many pre-existing bells and whistles. By necessity we had to build our own HATEOAS server and figure out how to turn our complex ecommerce process into an API that required little training to succeed with. This talk will cover that journey and give some insight as to how to do it yourself.
Cashing in on the Smartphone Gaming BoomElastic Path
The widespread adoption of iOS and Android devices has led to massive changes in the retail portable game category. According to Mintel's, "The US Mobile Gaming Market - May 2011", U.S. mobile phone and tablet gaming sales hit $898 million in 2010, doubling 2005 figures.
With smartphone and tablet sales on the rise, games being the leading category in the App Store and Android Market, and cloud gaming poised to take off, the future of mobile gaming looks very rosy indeed. Both Mintel and eMarketer are forecasting revenues to top $1.5 billion by 2014-15.
To profit from the mobile gaming boom, Elastic Path offers a number of recommendations aimed at app stores and game publishers. These include broadening portfolios to appeal to diverse audiences, improving title discovery, integrating robust social features, continuing to innovate with freemium games, and working with advertisers to promote products in-game.
Business Challenges Solved by APIs: What Every Executive Should KnowElastic Path
It seems like everyone either has or needs an API these days. Analysts are touting how critical it is for businesses to engage their customers across every touchpoint. APIs are supposed to fuel innovation for these new applications, new channels, and, ultimately, new ways to generate revenue.
But getting your API strategy off the ground could be more difficult than it sounds. Even with the right strategy and architecture, there are very real technical challenges in your way.
Join API experts from Elastic Path Software as well as API Evangelist Kin Lane for a frank discussion on the current state of APIs.
Keeping customers reducing churn through support and upgrade optimization Elastic Path
In the competitive telecommunications market place, business leaders are tasked with reducing customer churn, increasing conversion and boosting customer lifetime revenue. However, retaining and engaging mobile and broadband customers involves more than just optimizing the upgrade and renewal process. Telecoms must support the customer relationship over the lifetime of the contract through top-notch self-service tools.
Optimizing the customer journey for the complex saleElastic Path
From device and plan discovery, to unique service bundling, cross-sell and up-sell configuration and complex invoicing, no online sales process is more complex than in the telco industry. Join Linda Bustos, author of the Get Elastic blog, as she discusses how telecom enterprises can simplify their notoriously complex online experience to increase customer acquisition.
Maximizing conversion with checkout optimizationElastic Path
With average cart abandonment rates falling anywhere between 55 and 72%, it’s no wonder checkout optimization is the number one concern for ecommerce marketers. But redesigns and A/B tests often fail to move the needle because they focus only on checkout design, and ignore the psychological reasons customers are abandoning their purchases.
In this deck you will learn:
*A systematic process for optimizing your website that addresses the FUD (fears, uncertainties and doubts) surrounding the purchase process
*How to perform a heuristic evaluation on your checkout process for design and usability
*Tips for breaking out of your testing rut
Virtual Goods Mean REAL Money This HolidayElastic Path
Amid growing economic uncertainty, many American shoppers will hold back on spending this coming holiday season. According to research firm Kantar Retail, e-retail sales will grow 13.5% compared with 16.5% last holiday season and overall retail sales will increase just 2.8%, half the 2010 rate.
To help lure the virtual gift buyer, this report offers insights into consumer attitudes and behaviors towards digital goods this holiday season, and provides a number of recommendations to help maximize visibility through online search and social networks, working towards developing a single view of the customer across all channels from mobile/web to retail, cross-merchandising digital and physical items, and expanding gifting and payment options.
The goal of this white paper is to demonstrate why the only successful way to approach a major ecommerce project today is to pursue a rigorous "integration first" strategy, rather than relying on traditional procurement methods. Based on our experience helping hundreds of companies achieve their online commerce goals, we'll also provide you with practical, hands-on advice for managing your project and evaluating software using this approach.
The State of PC Gaming: The Shift from Packaged Goods to Digital DistributionElastic Path
The video game industry is undergoing a fundamental shift from a traditional business model reliant on the sale of packaged goods and perpetual licensing, to one dominated by digital distribution and new forms of monetization. With unit sales of game downloads surpassing physical purchases, the transition to digital is creating tremendous opportunities for game developers, publishers, retailers, and device makers.
In this rapidly changing landscape, how can industry players evolve their offerings to better meet changes in consumer expectations and buying behavior? In this research study 505 US adults over the age of 18 who had played a downloaded or boxed PC or Mac game in the previous month were polled to examine consumer attitudes and behaviors toward PC and Mac games.
The Future of Newspapers and Magazines in the Digital EraElastic Path
Our latest survey uncovers consumer behaviors and attitudes towards print and digital media that can inform an approach. Newspaper and magazine publishers that are committed to finding new ways of differentiating and continuously improving their offerings to better meet the needs of their readers will outlive competitors in this rapidly evolving digital era.
Software publishers face the same threats that the music and media industry have been forced to accept, that consumers value their products but are no longer prepared to pay for them. Software publishers and retailers alike must find new ways of licensing their products that resonate with their consumers.
Multichannel 2.0: Are You Ready for the Next Generation of Commerce Channels?Elastic Path
For more ecommerce webinars visit us at http://www.elasticpath.com/webinars/archive
While the retail store, call center, print catalog and website (Multichannel 1.0) still play key parts in multichannel retail, a new generation of shopping channels is emerging. Advancements in mobile, interactive digital TV and in-store digital signage (Multichannel 2.0) will change the face of shopping as we know it. This one-hour webinar will cover the possibilities and challenges for both IT and marketing professionals.
Featuring: Linda Bustos, ecommerce analyst, Elastic Path Software & Peter Sheldon, product manager, Elastic Path Software
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5
Deliver Successful Enterprise Ecommerce Projects
1. Deliver successful enterprise ecommerce projects Presented by Gordon Janzen, COO, Elastic Path and Atul Jain, Associate General Manager, HCL Technologies Listen to audio using your computer’s microphone & speakers (VoIP) or dial in: United Kingdom: +44 (0) 161 660 8220 United States: +1 516 453 0014 Access Code: 251-153-934
2. Introducing Elastic Path Software Provides a flexible, feature-rich framework For enterprises that have unique business requirements and a complex IT environment Over 200 clients rely on Elastic Path #1 ecommerce blog www.getelastic.com
3. Introducing HCL Technologies Global technology IT enterprise Focused on “transformational outsourcing” Over 10 years of ecommerce experience Partnership with Elastic Path for best in class ecommerce project delivery practices
4. Agenda How are ecommerce projects different from other IT and marketing projects? What business and project management elements are especially important in ecommerce projects? What technical elements predispose an ecommerce project for success? What are the Top 10 things to do before project kickoff?
5. Approach Collect experiential data “Hands on” project experiences – 10 sample projects from 10 to 200 person-months Industry stats, analyst and pundit opinions Find common characteristics of projects at the high and low ends of success Split the above into “business” and “technical” factors Provide you with a Top 10 Checklist and practical tools to help you enjoy your next project
6. How ecommerce projects are different from other IT projects Relatively low cost with high business Impact and ROI Executive visibility due to revenue and brand impact Direct customer visibility Face direct competition from similar applications with peer companies Potentially very complex architecture Need to ensure scalability, security of transactions and data, fault tolerance aspects Integration with specialized products and 3rd party sites/services Integration with existing legacy systems Cross channel Support ( Web, Online, In Store etc) High rate of continuous evolution High production support requirements
7. Business and project management elements important in ecommerce projects Commitment from organization leadership Teamwork and effective, regular communication between business and IT teams Requirements management during the complete project lifecycle Customer experience focus Planning and Management of Integration Dependencies between different sub-groups
8. Commitment from Leadership How to make it happen Early involvement Clear goals, presented to all project participants – “Why this project matters to the business” Ideally, translate these into CR, AOV, Traffic and other ecommerce-specific goals – this will greatly help prioritize work if/when the crunch comes Tool - Project Charter that includes a message from the top re: ecommerce goals
9. Teamwork How to make it happen Social time people work well with people they like and know ecommerce projects usually involve geographically dispersed teams – spend the money to bring them together Simple communication tools Tools- Agile project plan
10. Requirements Management / Customer Experience Focus How to make it happen Involve ALL constituents Storefront: Unlike most internal IT projects (ERP, email, etc.), a key stakeholder is end customers - It’s amazing how few ecommerce projects actually get them involved! Marketing and CSR Systems: have BA’s actually sit and watch them work for a few days on their current tools Strongly consider an Agile approach ecommerce involves a lot of non-IT savvy constituents and a very rapidly changing environment – it is very tough to get the requirements right the first time Tools - Agile overview
16. Solution Architecture How to make it happen Separate backend activities from storefront Keep business rules dynamic and flexible Ensure effective integration with existing legacy systems with min latency Ensure vertical and horizontal scalability Ensure performance and availability Ensure security of business transactions Tools EA tools , BPM Tools
17. Store Front Design & Information Architecture How to make it happen Consider industry specific factors Content and Data targeting to end-users should be business controlled rather than having IT dependency UI Should be intuitive, standard and easy to navigate Straightforward checkout process Provide personalized user experience Effective site search capability Build trust of the customers Measure effectiveness of store’s layout and customer’s behavior Tools and Technologies Graphic/Animation Tools, Authoring/Editing Tools HTML, CSS, Java Script, XML, Flex, Action Script, Flash Removting etc.
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19. Top 10 things to do before project kickoff Formation of cross functional core team Define and communicate business-level goals Browser to buyer conversion rate Average order value Targeted traffic to the website Brand penetration generated by marketing Improved time to market Cost savings through more efficient order management Enhance customer satisfaction, loyalty, and trust
20. Top 10 things to do before project kickoff Build vs. Buy Decision
21. Top 10 things to do before project kickoff Technology decisions Implementation platform (Java/JEE or .NET) Application server, database server etc. Third party solutions and services Tie up with selected external third party vendors Solution architecture blueprinting Develop proof of concept / pilot to bring focus to key areas of concern and take decisions Perform capacity planning Hardware and software license procurement
22. Top 10 things to do before project kickoff Plan for data security and fraud prevention Involve data security team to comply with standards such as PCI In-house implementation vs. outsourcing decision
23. Top 10 things to do before project kickoff Effective transition of business requirements from business to IT teams Continuous involvement of business during the complete project life cycle Project planning and management Create detailed project plan Establish processes for communication, change control, and issue management Gather required engineering and project management tools Set up development and test environments Ensure availability of trained resources as per the project plan Define roles and responsibilities of all the stake-holders and take their commitment
24. Tool List These tools will be available on the Elastic Path website: Project charter Agile software development life cycle Wiki project index Requirements traceability tool Change request tracking tool
25. Next month’s webinar Multichannel 2.0: Are you ready for the next generation of commerce channels? Advancements in mobile, interactive digital TV, and in-store digital signage (Multichannel 2.0) will change the face of shopping as we know it—and could even mean the death of POS systems, making commerce platforms even more important to retailers. Presented by Elastic Path ecommerce Analyst Linda Bustos and Product Manager Peter Sheldon Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Time: 9am Pacific/ 12pm Eastern Register at www.elasticpath.com/events
Editor's Notes
THAO’S SLIDEThank you for joining us today for the webinar “Deliver successful enterprise ecommerce projects”This is a one-hour webinar, which includes time for questions at the end.Please type in your questions at any point in the webinar, and we’ll try to get to as many as we can.Everyone will receive a link to a recording of this webinar within the next day or so.Now it’s my pleasure to introduce our two speakers.
THAO’S SLIDE:Gord is the Chief Operating Officer at Elastic Path Software.These complimentary ecommerce webinars are brought to you each month by Elastic Path Software.Elastic Path provides a flexible, feature-rich framework for enterprises with unique requirements and complex IT environments.Over 200 clients rely on the Elastic Path framework.Elastic Path also has the #1 ecommerce blog where you can also read a recap of today’s webinar.
THAO’S SLIDEAtul is the Associate General Manager at HCL Technologies.HCL is a leading global technology IT enterprise, headquartered in India with over 59,000 professionals operating from 20 countries HCL is focused on 'transformational outsourcing', underlined by innovation and value creation, and offers integrated portfolio of services including engineering and R&D, custom and package applications, BPO and IT Infrastructure Management. ecommerce as one of HCL's biggest strength. HCL has over 10 years of experience in designing and implementing ecommerce solutions for various organizations across industry verticals. AMR Research ranks HCL higher than the other offshore companies in overall capability scope with leadership status in ecommerce. Elastic Path and HCL have partnered together to collaborate, discover and propagate "BEST in Class" ecommerce project delivery practices.
GORD’S SLIDEGreat mix of attendees – IT, marketing, ecommerce specialists – so looking forward to Q+A and sharing different perspectivesI’ve been involved in ecomm since late 90’s – from “panic to get online”, stocks rose 20% day if announced “thinking of going online”; through meltdown; into ecomm as a viable business; and now BAU but continued rapid innovationIt’s this immediacy of interaction with suppliers, customers, employees that make ecommerce projects so different; for IT, it means a level of visibility and impact not seen in many other apps; for marketing it means a sometimes unfamiliar and mysterious infrastructure in the mixToday we’ll try to respect all perspectives and look for some bottom lines that may help unify the team around ecomm projectsSo first question is – how different?Our goal, btw, is to help you reduce the risk of missing time/spec/budget on next ecomm-related project by 10%.We’re going to filter down to 5-6 key things to do and tools to help.We’ve all heard the stats that say 30-50% of projects that involve IT miss their targets… If we can help you take that risk to 20-40% we’ll have succeededSo, about 15 minutes on each area, 3 key bullets for each, one idea and tool for each bullet = 6 takeawaysAnd then, since we all love a top 10 list, what are the pre-project to do’s
GORD’S SLIDEWanted to keep this very close to the metal, so started by looking at projects EP, HCL had done, and some that our staff had done priorAlso talked to our analysts (industry, not psycho…) and other punditsGroup high/low success, listed factors, split between business and technology
GORD’S SLIDEThese are things that are not necessarily unique to ecommerce projects, but that are exaggerated with them relative to other types of projectsCompared to opening equivalent revenue-potential physical stores, usually cheaper and fasterVery visible to all 4 key players– execs, competitors, staff, and especially, customersecommerce investments represent relatively small expenditures with the ability to exert significant positive influence when compared to store-level initiatives, which may required large expenditures, training, broad organizational alignment, and riskA customer centric approach to the website design for usabilityIntegration with Payment, Web Analytics, Business Intelligence and Reporting, Search, Content ManagementIntegration with 3P services like PowerReviews for Reviews and ratingIntegration with CRM, Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management, ERP, Fulfillment, Financial system etcIn e-commerce as no where else it is all about the data, the ability to collect, display and act on data streams in a timely and efficient mannerThere is great focus changing the site content, Search and Navigation, Catalog Design based upon Web Analytics, observed customer behavior
GORD’S SLIDEDeployment and operations needs significant attention and planning; availability and business continuity issues also need to be addressedChange Request Management to ensure the cost is under control and at the same time important business requirements are not missed
GORD’S SLIDETool - CHARTER
GORD’S SLIDETool – Wiki project index
GORD’S SLIDETool – Agile flow doc (EP version)You wouldn’t think of doing an ERP re-build without involving your accounts payable people... Why do we do ecommerce projects without involving customers?GORD NEEDS TO TRANSITION FROM THIS SLIDE AND HAND IT OFF TO ATUL. MUST GIVE ATUL CONTROL OF PRESENTATION.
ATUL’S SLIDEecommerce site represents the business face and brand of an organization to the external world. A truly effective website reflects not only image of the business, but also its objectives. A good ecommerce site is a perfect combination of form ( how it looks) and function ( what is does). The site must be aesthetically pleasing in order to catch the audience attention at the same time it should be informative and functional to provide value to the customer to get them to come back. When a site’s architecture is well conceived, the user experience is positive and the purchasing process is simple. But if the architecture is flawed, the user experience will be poor and the site’s financial performance will suffer. It is therefore important to put focus on both technical and design aspects of the site. Over recent years, the Web has matured from a simple functionality like browsing to being able to cater to intricate processes such as end-to-end financial transactions. During this period, technologies have grown more sophisticated, users have come to require a richer experience, and companies have found numerous ways to generate sales online. The technologies available today to power ecommerce sites are more efficient than before and can be adapted for any organization’s particular need. These are some of the technical elements that influence an ecommerce project Solution ArchitectureUse architecture and design patters that separate backend activities from storefrontDynamic business rules and flexibility in the systemThe architecture should not impose tradeoff between performance, scalability and the business controlled flexibility that the system providesMost of the business rules in the system should be business controlled rather than having IT dependencyProvide effective integration with existing legacy systems with minimum latency Legacy Systems: CRM, Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management, ERP, Fulfillment, Financial system, Merchandising etcEnsure performance, availability and scalability of the solution based upon expected peak load and throughput requirements Ensure vertical and horizontal scalabilityFailover is the mustEnsure security of business transactions at various levels Separate backend activities from storefrontMake them asynchronous when possible Store Front / Data Model / Information Architecture Usability is key to the successful ecommerce site60% of web users never return to a site after a bad experience.Should be intuitive, standard and easy to navigate Straightforward checkout processPersonalized user experience System should create its knowledge to provide recommendations based on actual users behavior instead of Static recommendations. For Cross Sell, Up sells, Affinity Selling.Provide effective site search capability Provide Seamless Cross-channel experience Emphasize upon the information security provided by the site Measure effectiveness of store’s layout and customer’s behavior Content and Data targeting to end-users should be business controlled rather than having IT dependency Security Considerations ecommerce application involves lot of sensitive data transfers and it is an always important to make sure that system minimal or no Security threats. There are lot General Security Guidelines and also each country also have their own ecommerce that needs to be followed.ecommerce implementations requires well designed and managed support system for security.According to a survey, the revenue lost due to online fraud has grown from $1.5 billion in 2004 to $3.6 billion in 2007.Network Security - Use of Firewalls and Network Intrusion Detection System to prevent and detect unauthorized intrusionsApplication Security – Secured / Encrypted transfer of sensitive customer data. Ensure PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance to store, process and transmit credit card information Integrationecommerce solution needs integration between several disparate applications and systemsThese systems must be interconnected and seamlessly integrated to realize their full potential Integration Components Web Services ( SOAP and REST) Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) – Allows separate business functions to be exposed as services. Useful when there are a disparate set of applications that cannot be integrated because of technology limitations ESB Middleware – supports implementation of SOA within the enterprise Search Engine OptimizationMost effective marketing strategy An estimated 80% of store traffic and 55% of purchases begin at a search engineSpecific focus on SEO guidelines while designing the ecommerce site Third party Solutions Consider specialized 3rd party product solutions and services available instead of developing yourselfecommerce Platform Web AnalyticsBusiness Intelligence and ReportingSearch EngineContent ManagementOrder management Identity Management Payment Processing TaxStore LocatorReviews and rating Choose the solution carefully based Business requirements ( Apply 80-20 rule), Flexibility, Budget and skill availability ProsFeature Richness Faster implementationOptimal performance Reduced complexity Higher maintainability and future extensibility ConsIntegration ChallengesSkill Availability Ensure Optimal use of framework and out of the box features provided by the third party solution
ATUL’S SLIDESolution ArchitectureUse architecture and design patters that separate backend activities from storefrontDynamic business rules and flexibility in the systemThe architecture should not impose tradeoff between performance, scalability and the business controlled flexibility that the system providesMost of the business rules in the system should be business controlled rather than having IT dependencyProvide effective integration with existing legacy systems with minimum latency Legacy Systems: CRM, Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management, ERP, Fulfillment, Financial system, Merchandising etcEnsure performance, availability and scalability of the solution based upon expected peak load and throughput requirements Ensure vertical and horizontal scalabilityFailover is the mustEnsure security of business transactions at various levels Separate backend activities from storefrontMake them asynchronous when possible
ATUL’S SLIDEStore Front / Data Model / Information Architecture Usability is key to the successful ecommerce site. 60% of web users never return to a site after a bad experience.Information architecture defines webpage progressions, user options, and the steps that comprise key website goals. It is vital that the architecture conform to content and categories, and clearly represent business needs Should be intuitive, standard and easy to navigate Consider industry specific factors such as Business Brand IdentityIndustry TypeTarget Audience Web Site’s purpose and goalsStraightforward checkout processPersonalized user experience System should create its knowledge to provide recommendations based on actual users behavior instead of Static recommendations. For Cross Sell, Up sells, Affinity Selling.Provide effective site search capability Provide Seamless Cross-channel experience Build trust by emphasizing upon the information security provided by the site Measure effectiveness of store’s layout and customer’s behavior Content and Data targeting to end-users should be business controlled rather than having IT dependency
ATUL’S SLIDEIntegrationA typical ecommerce solution needs integration between several disparate applications and systemsThese systems must be interconnected and seamlessly integrated to realize their full potential Integration Components Web Services ( SOAP and REST) Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) – Allows separate business functions to be exposed as services. Useful when there are a disparate set of applications that cannot be integrated because of technology limitations ESB Middleware – supports implementation of SOA within the enterpriseSecurity Considerations ecommerce application involves lot of sensitive data transfers and it is an always important to make sure that system minimal or no Security threats. There are lot General Security Guidelines and also each country also have their own ecommerce that needs to be followed ( such as US has TC Database)ecommerce implementations requires well designed and managed support system for security.According to a survey, the revenue lost due to online fraud has grown from $1.5 billion in 2004 to $3.6 billion in 2007.The password based security mechanisms are no longer sufficient to meet the requirements of the modern systems.Network Security - Use of Firewalls and Network Intrusion Detection System to prevent and detect unauthorized intrusionsApplication Security Input validation : All data, whether it is supplied by customers or read from a cookie or database, needs to be validated for type, length, format and range. Any data that isn't well-formed and correct should be rejectedWhen data is requested from a database, use parameterized queries and stored procedures to help prevent SQL injection attacks.The data that is sent back to the client needs to be encrypted Database Security - ecommerce database needs to reside on a separate server, which also should be hardened and protectedEnsure PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance to store, process and transmit credit card information Search Engine OptimizationMost effective marketing strategy An estimated 80% of store traffic and 55% of purchases begin at a search engineSpecific focus on SEO guidelines while designing the ecommerce site Third party Solutions Consider specialized 3rd party product solutions and services available instead of developing yourselfecommerce Platform Web AnalyticsBusiness Intelligence and ReportingSearch EngineContent ManagementOrder management / Fulfillment SystemCustomer Service Identity Management Payment Processing TaxStore LocatorReviews and rating Choose the solution carefully based Business requirements ( Apply 80-20 rule), Flexibility, Budget and skill availability ProsFeature Richness Faster implementationOptimal performance Reduced complexity Higher maintainability and future extensibility ConsIntegration ChallengesSkill Availability Ensure Optimal use of framework and out of the box features provided by the third party solution
ATUL’S SLIDEFormation of Cross Functional Core Team Business, Sales, Marketing, IT, PMO Define and communicate business-level goals Website goals and measurable objectives need to be established and communicated to the team. These goals define the measurement criteria for website's future success or failure. The goals can be in terms of the expected outcome from the site Browser to Buyer Conversion rateAverage Order Value (AOV)Targeted Traffic to the web-siteBrand Penetration generated by marketing Improved time to marketCost Saving through more efficient order managementEnhance Customer Satisfaction, Loyalty and trust
ATUL’S SLIDEBuild v/s Buy DecisionBuild/Buy (SaaS, Build, Buy, ecommerce Platform, MSP) decision is based upon requirements and resources Requirements Complexity ( Catalog, B2B, B2C, support for multiple channels etc) Time to Market (Urgency) Uniqueness (In Business Model or Solution)Strategic Importance Data securityIntegration ( with internal and external systems)ResourcesTechnical capabilities ecommerce capabilities Budget
ATUL’S SLIDETechnology DecisionsTechnology is the backbone for any online or ecommerce business and it is critical to invest in an appropriate technology solution that best meets the business needsIt includesImplementation Platform - JEE or .NETApplication Server Database Server Third Party Solutions and Services ( CMS, Search etc.)These are some of the important factors for the technology decisionsBusiness requirements - how closely the technology or product addresses the requirementEase of integration with the existing systemsMost large organizations have existing code written in a variety of languages, and have a number of legacy systems. It is vital that corporations be given an efficient, rapid path to preserve and reuse these investments. This legacy integration often is one of the most challenging tasks to overcomeAvailability of skillsBudgetTie up with selected external third party vendors Payment GatewaysThird Party Payment Service Providers (PayPal, Cyber Source etc.)Tax ( Taxware) Reviews and Ratings ( PowerReviews)Fulfillment Partner Solution Architecture Blueprinting The purpose of solution architecture blueprinting is to bring focus to key areas of concern for the enterprise, highlighting the decision criteria and context for each domainTake Architecture Decisions such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)Develop POC to take architectural decisions Capacity / Infrastructure PlanningCapacity PlanningHardware and Software License Procurement
ATUL’S SLIDEPlan for data security and fraud preventionInvolve data security team to comply with standards such as PCI In-house Implementation v/s Outsourcing decision Implementation partner decision based upon availability of skills internally, budget, time to marketIn-House Implementation ProsGives full control over the project Knowledge Retention - Keep the talent and knowledge in-house, allowing for future enhancements, modifications and redesigns ConsLimited Expertise - Internal team should have required level of expertise in the required technologies and products Outsource Implementation ProsAccess to the wide-range of specialized skill-set to manage end-to-end implementation Lower Operating CostLess management overhead Greater Resource Flexibility Reduction in the development time Increase focus on core business Access to world-class standard and processes Shared Risk ConsLack of control on the project Security of Intellectual Property Cross-cultural issues How to choose the right SI partner Availability of technical skills across range of technologies and products Available Customer Case Studies and References – Showcasing experience in developing similar solution Understating of business - Through Existing or Past Working Relationship Strong Processes and Methodologies – To bring efficiencies Proposed Solution and Approach – demonstrate understanding of requirements and creativity in approach ecommerce Expertise Pricing Governance Model - To address the risks and other challenges Ability to handle post deployment tasks such asSupport and maintenanceDeployment ManagementPerformance Management Operational support (system monitoring, data management)Managed HostingCall Center Support
NEED TO GET CONTROL OF PRESENTATION BACK FROM ATUL.Effective transition of Business requirements from Business to IT Team Continuous involvement of Business during the complete project life cycle IT team should have good understanding of the Functional and Non Functional Requirements. Project Planning and Management Processes Create detailed project plan – consider triple constraints : scope, time, costKeep provision for exhaustive testing in Dev, Integration, Staging and Production environments with multiple browsers Define guidelines for Communication, Change Control and Knowledge ManagementGather required tools for project planning, management and tracking Ensure availability of trained resources as per the project plan – Solution Architects, Business Analysts, UCD experts, Project Manager, Developers, Testers, DBA, System Admin, Release engineers. Define roles and responsibilities of all the stake-holders and take their commitmentThe criteria for decision-making and resource allocation throughout the project need to be clear, and these should be agreed between IT and marketing
THAO’S SLIDE:Thank you Atul. All of the tools mentioned by Gord and Atul will be available for download. That link will be emailed out to all webinar attendees in the next day.Now let’s take your questions.Questions for Atul:1. What are the main reasons for ecommerce project failure ?How should we choose a right SI Partner?Questions for Gord:1. What advice do you have for a new PM in ecommerce? What skills/tools should I work on first?2. How can I get more customer involvement in my site design? It's hard for me to get direct feedback from customers.
THAO’S SLIDEThat’s all the time we have today.Again we will be emailing all webinar ttendees a link to today’s recording in the next day or so.Please joining us next month for our webinar “Multichannel 2.0: Are you ready for the next generation of commerce channels?”Thank you Gord and Atul for sharing your stories and insights with us today.Thank you everyone for joining the webinar and submitting your questions.While the retail store, call center, print catalog and website (Multichannel 1.0) still play key parts in multichannel retail, a new generation of shopping channels is emerging. Advancements in mobile, interactive digital TV, and in-store digital signage (Multichannel 2.0) will change the face of shopping as we know it—and could even mean the death of POS systems, making commerce platforms even more important to retailers.Play futurist with Elastic Path ecommerce Analyst Linda Bustos and Product Manager Peter Sheldon and explore the emerging technologies of mobile, interactive digital TV, digital signage and other Internet-enabled devices. This one-hour webinar will cover the possibilities and challenges for both IT and marketing professionals:How are retailers and shoppers already using Multichannel 2.0?What are technology vendors building to enable Multichannel 2.0?What are the technological barriers and how can you bypass them?How will you prepare for the next wave of shopping channels?