versioning: it's more than just for software

Versioning : It’s for more than just software

A Perforce Webinar in association with Creative Intellect Consulting

Agenda

• Introduction

• Versioning: It’s more than just for software

– Bola Rotibi & Ian Murphy, CIC

• Perforce & Version Everything

– Mark Warren, Perforce

• Discussion

Versioning – it’s more than just for softwareBola Rotibi, Research DirectorIan Murphy, Principal Analyst

Creative Intellect Consulting

SCM: From developer tool to corporate versioning

3rd July 2013

Developer Sapien Circa mid 1990s to mid 2000s

New Age Developer: Version 2

CIC: Who are we? Analyst research, advisory and

consulting firm

Focus on Software development, delivery and lifecycle management

Combined 90+ years IT industry and analyst experience

Authored many reports and thought leading research

CIC IT Decision Maker Study 2011/2013 Three industry sectors

Financial Retail & manufacturing Communications

Two interviews per organization Business Technology

Role level Senior business management

and technical leads

Resulting drivers raising the bar

Driving business growth &

competitiveness

Raising the operational bar

Market reach & engagement

Actionable InsightBusiness, Operations, Customer, Supplier – Big data correlations and support

Business imperatives

Systems of record

Systems of engagement

Technology opportunities

For systems of record and engagement

Clients and employees

How we can do it

What we can do to the

experience

Challenges

A shift in focus and potential

ser Power & Control

Choice Expectations

Influence Involvement

Self determination & serviceMaking User Experience & Engagement Matter

Shifting liability & risk

Balancing competing concerns & pressures

Transparency Visibility, Insight

Globalization & Distributed teams and

systems

Multiple Sourcing Flexibility of choice & Managed governance

End-to-end velocity with disparate workflows & team

dynamics

Interoperability

Skill utilization & transfer

Automation

What is SCM?

An effective & disciplined means

of managing software evolution

Traditional SCM Targets

Application

Typical Users

SCM Evolutions: Content Explosion Increasing volume of Content

Multiple formats

New target roles

Multiple authors Team expansion Collaboration Parallel development Multi points of return Geographical input Roll back Change control Non linear editing processes

17New Alignments: Broader reach

Technical

Non-Technical

PollDo you have versioning problems in the office?

Yes No Not sure what ‘versioning problems’ are

A need for version control beyond IT

A business case for corporate versioning 83% of Knowledge workers admitting to losing or wasting time each

day on document version issues. 73% not being able to find the right file

57% confusion over the right version

47% working on the wrong version

48% of users admit to sending the wrong version of a document, to co-workers, their boss, to customers and suppliers.

90% of users still use email for document collaboration

Imperatives for Version control

Governance

Process Improveme

nt & Productivit

Security

Version Control

An active market with a broad spectrum of solutions

SCM/CMDB Software

/Source Code Configuration Management

Document Managemen

Content Managemen

Light weight Doc Managemen

t + file sharing

Version Control

Direction of complexity

A Host of others

What is needed: Version by default not exception

Usability & Accessibility Intuitive -non linear interaction Multi platform and device Cloud delivery Wide range file formats

Robust Security Controls

Core Version Control

Process workflow & orchestration Collaboration support Social media controls &

notification

Future Opportunities

LAW: Legal Developmen

NHS Patient Record Control

Version by

Design

Version Control Considerations

Identify and assess Version Control needs

Determine scope of application Departmental / Function Enterprise wide interoperability

Delivery and access model Cloud

On-premise Client management portal or embedded

Skill capabilities Technical/non-technical

Thank You

Introducing Perforce

Perforce

• Over 400,000 licensed users Worldwide at over 5,500 customers

• Worldwide Availability & Support

Experts in Enterprise Version Management

Perforce Software

• Headquartered in Alameda, California, international operations in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.

• Trusted with storing and versioning the most valuable IP for the world's most innovative companies

– From start-ups to Fortune 100

What Files Do You Store in Perforce?

Source Code

Technical Docs

Images & Photos

Web Content

Business Docs

Multimedia

Source Code

Technical Docs

Images & Photos

Web Content

Business Docs

Multimedia

What Files DON’T You Store in Perforce?

Source Code

Technical Docs

Images & Photos

Web Content

Business Docs

Multimedia

32%36% 38%

90% of All Collaboration Issues

83% of All Knowledge Workers Every Day

Actually…

Of the 68% using document managementor file sharing…

88% still suffer from versioning issues

45% Know What “Versioning Issues” Are

What Departments Are Using Perforce?

42% 37%

20%11% 5%

Engineering

Documentation Design

Operation

Sales &

Marketing Finance

42% 37%

20%11% 5%

Engineering

Operations

Sales and

MarketingFinance

What Departments Aren’t Using Perforce?

63% 68%

80%89%

Engineering

DocumentationDesign

Operations

Sales and

MarketingFinance

63% 68%

80%89%

Engineering

Operations

Sales and

MarketingFinance

Bring Them into the Flow

Perforce Versioning Engine

Analytics

Digital Assets – Source Code, Media, DocsVersioned, Secure, Distributed

Business ToolsDevelopment Tools & Workflows

Document Collaboration

Perforce – Versioning across the Business

Discussion

www.perforce.com

Twitter: @mark_warren

Email: mwarren@perforce.com

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