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How are IT decision-makers achieving immediate cost savings with low-risk IT solutions? How are IT managers doing “more with less?” J Schwan of Solstice Consulting shows us how. Schwan tells you how to stretch your budget by using emerging technologies such as Scalable Cloud Computing, SaaS and Agile development.
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Enterprise IT on a Shoestring
Stretching budgets with the open source, agile and the cloud
By: J Schwan2009
The Challenge
Your budget has been whacked.
The Opportunity
How Do You Do It?
Open Source Software (OSS) &Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions
Scalable Cloud Computing
Agile Product Development Methodology
Proprietary vs. OSS vs. SaaS
Traditional Proprietary Products
OSS Products SaaS Products
Speed to market
Customization
Interoperability
Support
Traditional Proprietary Products
OSS Products SaaS Products
Vendor Lock In
Security
Total Cost of Ownership
Proprietary vs OSS vs. SaaS
OSS, SaaS Product Examples
Category Proprietary Market Leader
OSS SaaS
Office Productivity MS Office OpenOffice Google Docs
Customer Relationship Management
Siebel SugarCRM 37Signals HighRise/Salesforce.com
Human Resources Management
PeopleSoft HRM OrangeHRM Zoho People
Content Management Interwoven Teamsite Drupal, Joomla TBD. . .
Portal IBM Websphere Portal, MS Sharepoint,
Liferay, .NETNuke Google Apps
Collaboration MS Exchange, Lotus Notes Domino
Zimbra Google Apps
Social Networking TBD (MS, IBM, Oracle) Elgg Ning.com (free), KickApps (sub), * Other solutions for billing, eCommerce, scheduling, etc. exist as well
How Do You Do It?
Cloud Computing
Data Center in the Cloud
Virtual Servers – GoDaddy / RackSpace
App Hosting – Google, Amazon
Custom Dev –Amazon, Force.com
Emerging – Microsoft Azure, IBM Blue Cloud
Data Center in the Cloud
How Do You Do It?
Success Rate of IT projects
29%
28%
26%
27%
16%
53%
49%
46%
33%
53%
18%
23%
28%
40%
31%
2004
2000
1998
1996
1994
SucceededChallengedFailed
* Standish Group CHAOS 2004 Survey
IT Project Problems
*Study by British Computer Society
IT Project Problems: Change
45%Never
19%Rarely
16%Sometimes
13%Often
7%Always
* Standish Group
20%Always / Often
64%Rarely / Never
Typical Features Used in a Successful System*
IT Project Problems: Waste
64%
IT Project Problems: Quality
• Many people doing a waterfall/predictive development also try to fix schedule and cost
• But it’s risky, as we wind up with:– Fixed requirements– Fixed schedule– Fixed cost
• And the only variable left is quality…
– “Pay me now, or pay me later!”
Methodology Comparison
Agile Scrum
04/10/23 19
Metaphors for people-driven, incremental change
Team Structure
Methodology
Agile Tools: Sprint Backlog
When the next IT project presents itself. .
Look to OSS and SaaS solutions before you get you started on any new/reengineering initiatives
Migrate your “data center” on demand, into the cloud
If something isn’t available out of the box, Agile Development can be used as a lightweight, proven process for delivering an iterative solution, driven by the customer
Once the solution is implemented, consider open sourcing it so others can benefit and build upon it!
Bringing It All Together
Questions, Follow Ups, Brainstorming?
J SchwanSolstice Consulting, LLC641 W. Lake Suite 102Chicago, IL
Email: JSchwan@solstice-consulting.comBlog: blogs.solstice-consulting.comTwitter: jschwanLinkedIn: schwan.solstice-consulting.comWork: 866.380.8472 x 112
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