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Reuse and SOA
Flexible Platform for Shifting Trends and Technologies
Leading computing initiatives like the move to a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and improving code reuse require a shift in thinking from large-scale, centrally planned IT systems to smaller, modular development projects that require collaboration and consensus among all stakeholders.
The CollabNet Platform is both structured and flexible enough to enable CIOs and software development executives to set, measure, and improve their development processes, and help project teams to understand and complete their specific development tasks in view of the overall lifecycle.
CollabNet Encourages Reuse and Streamlines SOA Development
- Enable immediate collaboration between project teams: The success of any SOA initiative is highly dependent on teams communicating effectively on the various components built and how they are expected to interact. SourceForge Enterprise Edition and CollabNet Enterprise Edition provide a collaboration layer and an infrastructure that enables large development organizations to collaborate across numerous projects and share project assets as needed.
- Provide centralized access to all available components: SourceForge Enterprise Edition and CollabNet Enterprise Edition provide developers with a centralized collaborative environment that simplifies and reinforces reuse.
- Automatically classify software components: The project structure in SourceForge Enterprise Edition and CollabNet Enterprise Edition automatically classifies software components and related project assets (documentation, specifications, email threads, test plans, etc.) for future use. Source code, released SOA components, and test results can be made accessible to the entire development organization.
Customer Spotlight
Benefits
 Tata Consultancy Services: TCS Global Development Navigator has partnered with CollabNet to enhance the TCS Global Development Navigator, a global J2EE SOA solution. Barclays Global Investors: By implementing CollabNet, BGI has streamlined its internal software management and control cost structure and reduced administrative overhead and travel expenses by more than $500,000 annually. CollabNet provides the global source code platform on which BGI can now extract the benefits of planned code and framework reuse initiatives.
Using CollabNet to encourage reuse and accelerate adoption of a SOA, organizations can:
- Improve the quality of each service by appropriately involving all stakeholders in the process.
- Increase the potential usage of each service by providing not only central access to the software, but also to the community that builds and enhances it.
- Increase code quality by making it easier to reuse code with access to past test results.
- Decrease time-to-market by facilitating interaction within the community that developed the component being reused.
- Develop mature processes by providing centralized templates that guide project teams through the approved processes.
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