| COMPUTING PLATFORMS |
| Case Study |
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| Enabling successful
transition from an open source project to enterprise
ready product |
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| The customer |
| The client is a
leading, worldwide provider of industrial strength
hardware, software, and services in networking. |
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| The challenge |
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To partner
with the client and a leading Open Source
player to leverage a high profile Open Source
desktop project to release it with enterprise
quality on the client’s preferred platforms |
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The desktop was to have
platform specific enhancements, accessibility
compliance and baseline performance. A security
audit of the software was mandated |
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Effective community engagement
and participation was expected |
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At the project management
level, continuous productivity improvements
and increased ownership was to be demonstrated |
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| The solution |
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Planned time
for initial study and Open Source orientation
for all developers |
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Clear guidelines and goals
for community participation were communicated
to the developers |
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Detailed test plans and
test cases were developed and used |
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Various relevant tools
were acquired and used for QA activities such
as performance measurements |
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For Security Audit, detailed
study phase was planned. A detailed strategy
was developed and a special team was formed
for the audit |
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A project specific internal
site was developed to provide online access
of all project documents (plans, schedules,
reports, documentation, tutorials, status
reports, etc) to all team members |
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Overall, clear and detailed
schedules were drawn out. The entire execution
was systematically monitored |
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Weekly status reporting
and timely escalations |
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Detailed trainings were
conducted for all team members |
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| The benefits |
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Effective leveraging
of leading edge Open Source Technologies to
replace out-of-date technology |
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Reduction in developmental
costs. The client was able to deploy their
internal resources to other equally critical
projects |
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Client was able to provide
enterprise level product to their customers |
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Exhaustive and systematic
QA done for the product |
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Wipro worked alongside
the client to forward its initiative in the
community |
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Consistent, on time, highly
satisfactory deliveries to the client |
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The danger of such a prominent
company appearing monopolistic in the Open
Source environment was diffused by Wipro’s
participation |
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