SPA Conference session: Herding 3000 Cats | |||
| One-line description: | This case study looks at how Oracle’s next generation of applications – Fusion – was conceived, developed and released. | ||
| Session format: | Case study (75 mins) [read about the different session types] | ||
| Abstract: | When (maybe) the largest software company in the world embarked on (maybe) the largest new application development project in the world there were numerous decisions to be made – from the technology stack to training the developers, from development methodology to branching structure, from team organisation to release strategy. This case study looks at how Oracle’s next generation of applications – Fusion – was conceived, developed and released. It discusses the issues involved when 3000 developers from different products, development backgrounds and skill sets were integrated and trained in the new technology and tooling stack that was developed for the job. How prototyping and training were used to kickstart the project and how insights gained in that process were fed back into the concurrent development of the technology and tooling. It will reveal in detail how many tables, screens, page flows, services, libraries and processes were developed and how they were managed – including design, versioning, build, testing, integration and release. | ||
| Audience background: | This session is of interest to all development professionals interested in team working | ||
| Benefits of participating: | Insight into the development of new software and development framework and the chance to discuss the approaches taken and contribute to ideas for improving either process or methodologies used in very large distributed teams | ||
| Materials provided: | case study information and finished product demos | ||
| Process: | presentation and interactive discussion | ||
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| 1. Susan Duncan Oracle Corporation |
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