My project as an intern where we built an application for efficient resource planning and management for Release Management organization at Cisco IT

1. FY’15 ERMO Spring Internship Project
PITSTOP : One stop solution for efficient Resource Planning and Work
Allocation
Presenters : Anushree Kumar, Harshwarshan Rawoot, Sukriti Bharti, Meghana Seetharam

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PITSTOP : Problem Statement
Utilization
Availability
Requirement for all this
information to be available on a
common portal…
Planning
- Planned CD
- Long Projects
- Project Defined CD

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PITSTOP : Value Proposition
Resource
Planning
Work Allocation Cross Functional
Training
Skillset
Utilization

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PITSTOP : Technologies Used
Project Methodology
Front End
Back End
Database
Hosting Environment : VLAE (Virtual Lightweight Application Environment)
Size : 1024 MB RAM and 2048 MB of disk space
Scalability : Up to 2 instances

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Using SCRUM (Agile)
Product Backlog
Sprint Schedule

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PITSTOP : Roles & Features
• View Availability Details
• Generate Reports
• Export to Excel
• Planning
• Work assignment
• Updating Profile
Information
• Availability Updates
• Instant Email Notifications
• Integration of Release Calendar
• Verify conflicts
Manager Dashboard Lead Dashboard Resource Dashboard

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Screenshots
Resource Dashboard Lead Dashboard
Updating about availability Viewing the availability of resources

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Screenshots
Manager Dashboard Manager Dashboard
Searching for resources by skillset Generation of reports

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PITSTOP: Scalability & Enhancements
1. Admin view to maintain the entire tool
2. Users playing multiple roles in the tool
(Admin / Manager / Lead)
3. Integration with ERMO Release Calendar
4. Integration with ESS tool for FTE Leaves

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Questions ?

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