Requirements Workshop
DD-DD MONTH YEAR
Endeca Development Methodology
Endeca Discovery
Workshop
Kickoff
•
Finalize Ramp
Up & Staffing
•
Discovery Prep
Homework
•
Data
•
Tech Arch
Review
•
Setup Dev
Environment
•
Discovery
Homework
Review
•
POC
2
•
Define Armstrong
Goals and
Objectives
•
Introduction to
Endeca
•
Prioritize User
Stories and map
to Endeca
functionality
•
Plan first
iteration’s goals
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Deliverable
Dimensions vs. Dimension Values
COLOR
Apple
Dimensions
Green
Black
Pool
PRICE
Less than $200
Dimension
Values
$200-$400
$400-$600
More than $600
Think of a dimension as a column header in a spreadsheet, and
dimension values as the values that appear in the cells beneath.
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Endeca Architecture
Web
Application
Server
Internet
Load
Balancer
User Web
Browser
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Load
Balancer
Web
Application
Server
Editable Text
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Endeca
Server
Endeca
Server
Dimension Hierarchy
General Software
Linux
Operating System
Windows
McAffee
Security
Screen Capture
Norton
SnagIt
Hierarchical Dimension
Dimension values in a hierarchical dimension
can have one “parent” and many “child”
dimension values.
Captivate
Manufacturer
Microsoft
Toshiba
Sun
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Flat Dimension
Dimensions with only one level of hierarchy are
referred to as “flat” dimensions.
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Guided Navigation Example
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Sample Search Interface
Search
Search
messaging
Search
within
Spell
Correction
Snippeting
Guided
Navigation
Stemming
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Project Summary
Status
Key
Area
Budget
Scope
Schedule
Staffing
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Prior
Week
Needs
Attention
Current
Week
On Target
At Risk
Description
Require Change Order to be approved to finish project.
Endeca change order submitted to THD for approval. 32%
of SOW10 budget remaining.
Agreed to proceed with reduced scope for March 1
deadline (delay Web Studio, High Interactivity mouseovers, lookahead, guided nav sliders/checkboxes until
March 14).
Delay in accessing development environment totaled 17
days.
Endeca UI developer on site at THD. No foreseen staffing
problems.
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Text Tagger Overview #3
“Whitelist”
of terms
OR
Text Tagger
Endeca
Relationship
Discovery
Loading
Data
Caching &
Joining Data
Manipulating Data
Dimension
Mapping
The Endeca pipeline
The end result is an Endeca index which possesses enriched source data
and enhanced search and Guided Navigation capabilities
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Estimated Project Schedule & Cost
The scope and functionality of the development iterations will be mutually agreed upon by Endeca
and <CLIENT> during the first project phase. At the end of each iteration, there will be a “show me”
checkpoint to demonstrate the functionality developed.
Project Phase
WK 1
WK 2
WK 3
WK 4
WK 5
WK 6
WK 7
WK 8
WK 9
WK 10
Discovery & Planning
Design & Dev
Iteration 1
Iteration 2
Iteration 3
Iteration 4
Testing & Deployment
= Project Phase Transition
= “Show Me” iteration
checkpoint
= Go Live
Project Phase
Est. Duration
Est. Work
Effort (days)
5 days
15
$23,280
Design & Dev
35 days
69
$108,000
Testing & Deployment
10 days
17
$26,200
Estimated Total
50 days
101 days
Discovery & Planning
Note: Schedule is illustrative and subject to change.
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Est. Cost
$157,480