CollabNet Enterprise Edition Services

CollabNet Enterprise Edition Pilot Deployment

This engagement guides companies through planning and implementing the processes, structure, and approach that are critical to successfully launching CollabNet Enterprise Edition. CollabNet consultants help install and configure CollabNet Enterprise Edition and also educate, guide, and advise potential users on the necessary baseline practices. Basic structures for rolling out the pilot are also established.

• Deployment and configuration of CollabNet Enterprise Edition
• Project Tracker setup for implementing processes
• Project needs assessment and setup via a project workshop
• Basic training for core team members

At the end of the engagement, organizations have a solid foundation for rolling out a pilot version of CollabNet Enterprise Edition.

Details:

Typical Duration
12 days

Delivery
Offsite

CollabNet Enterprise Edition Deployment Quickstart

This engagement guides companies through planning and implementing the processes, structure, and approach that are critical to successfully launching CollabNet Enterprise Edition. CollabNet consultants help install and configure CollabNet Enterprise Edition and also educate, guide, and advise potential project managers on the necessary baseline practices.

Deployment Quickstart includes:

• Deployment and configuration of CollabNet Enterprise Edition
• Project Tracker setup for implementing processes
• Roles and permissions setup to control visibility and accessibility
• Project needs assessment and setup via a project workshop
• Training for core team members
• Rollout and support process definitions

At the end of the engagement, organizations have a solid foundation for effectively rolling out software development initiatives using CollabNet Enterprise Edition.

Details:

Typical Duration
4 - 5 weeks

Delivery
Onsite and offsite

CollabNet Enterprise Edition Enterprise Deployment

This engagement guides companies through planning and implementing the processes, structure, and approach that are critical to successfully launching CollabNet Enterprise Edition. This offering includes the services provided in Deployment Quickstart, the Subversion Applied Workshop, and the ALM Process Codification Workshop, as well as extensive assistance with reaching out and supporting users.

Enterprise Deployment covers the following areas:

• Deployment and configuration of CollabNet Enterprise Edition
• Project Tracker setup for implementing processes
• Roles and permissions setup to control visibility and accessibility
• Extensive project needs assessment and setup via a project workshop
• Training for core team members
• Rollout and support process definitions
• Subversion Applied workshop
• ALM Process Codification workshop
• Extensive project on-boarding and user training and support assistance

At the end of the engagement, organizations have a solid foundation for effectively rolling out software development initiatives using CollabNet Enterprise Edition, along with recommendations for organizing software development processes using Subversion and an ALM template that reflects their processes.

Details:

Typical Duration
Delivered over 8 - 10 weeks

Delivery
4 days onsite, the remaining offsite

Subversion Applied Workshop

This five-day engagement includes a two-day onsite workshop (with architects, configuration managers, and senior software engineers) that aligns the organization's software development process to its use of Subversion. During the workshop, use cases and software development processes are formulated and mapped into Subversion best practices.

Topics include:

• Repository layout
• Branching patterns
• Tagging: how to deal with internal and external releases
• Access control
• Release management: how does one team pick up the changes from another
• Workspace management: how should developers manage their local workspace
• And more

At the end of the workshop, recommendations on how to organize the company's software development processes using Subversion are provided in a document.

Details:

Typical Duration
Delivered over 2 weeks

Delivery
2 days onsite, the remaining offsite

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Process Codification Workshop

This five-day engagement includes a two-day onsite workshop (with project managers, project management office, development leads, and QA leads) that aligns the organization's software development process to CollabNet's Application Lifecycle Manager. During the workshop, use cases and software development processes are formulated and mapped into an ALM template.

The workshop covers:

• An ALM overview
• The organization's objectives around ALM
• Project management processes
• Project tracking and processes
• Project reporting

At the end of the workshop, companies receive a template that reflects their management and tracking of projects and releases, along with recommendations for changing and adjusting their current processes.

Details:

Typical Duration
5 days

Delivery
2 days onsite, the remaining offsite

Collaboration Management

CollabNet works closely with corporate sponsors, key stakeholders, and the developer community to create and execute a plan for transforming application development practices and procedures.

Key focus areas include:

• Defining collaborative software development processes
• Forming adoption teams to drive adoption, growth, and support of the development community
• Coaching and training project owners
• Tracking clear and measurable site objectives

Details:

Typical Duration
As scoped

Delivery
Onsite and offsite

Source Code Repository Migrations

CollabNet advises on and assists with migrating version control data from legacy systems into Subversion. These migration services include executing full history conversions from CVS and VSS repositories, as well as advice on migrating from other version systems.

Details:

Typical Duration
As scoped

Delivery
As scoped

Project Artifact Migrations

CollabNet's artifact migration services include helping companies:

• Migrate legacy defect and enhancement records from legacy systems (like Bugzilla) into Project tracker
• Create the appropriate Project Tracker artifacts for receiving legacy records
• Perform the necessary field-mapping definitions
• Execute data migration

Details:

Typical Duration
As scoped

Delivery
As scoped

Integration and Custom Consulting

CollabNet's custom solutions include:

• Integrating CollabNet Enterprise Edition with third-party tools and applications
• Customizing CollabNet Enterprise Edition, including developing enhancements
• Generating custom statistics and metrics

Details:

Typical Duration
As scoped

Delivery
As scoped