One of the largest independent software vendors in the World is on a path to rapidly reinvent itself after it was acquired by a global technology leader with category-leading semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The company has transformed itself from a provider of anti-virus and internet security software to a B2B(Business to Business) software provider. Its product portfolio now consists of Software for Agile development, DevOps, and security solutions for a variety of environments from mainframes and distributed computing to cloud computing and mobile devices. With a growing portfolio of 200 software products, this company provides software that a majority of Fortune 500 organizations, government organizations, educational institutions, and thousands of organizations around the world use to run, monitor and manage their IT operations. The company leadership identified that scalable and reliable reporting and dashboarding features on their software applications are key to the success of their end customer organizations. After a review of their product strategy, the leadership decided to migrate their reporting suite from the legacy SAP crystal reports solution to Jaspersoft for the following reasons –
The company leadership chose DataTerrain to drive this project based on the following -
DataTerrain’s proprietary, automation-led Zero-disruption migration methodology
DataTerrain’s project execution methodology is based on a zero-defect approach with an emphasis on zero business disruptions and ensuring that there are no unexpected outcomes. DataTerrain SMEs adopted a phased approach to executing this project and the major steps are outlined below –
This information was used to detect potential migration issues, provide improvement suggestions and recommend changes to better use the features of Jaspersoft. During this phase, user pain points were also recorded and their wishlists for changes were understood. These were reviewed with key stakeholders and a prioritized set of actions to be taken during migration were signed-off. This was used to create a detailed project plan for automated migration was created which also listed areas requiring manual intervention to address specific user needs. The project plan emphasized customer stakeholder involvement at all key milestones starting from the project kick-off. This detailed project plan was also signed-off by key stakeholders and calendars were blocked in advance to secure the availability of critical customer associates.
The DataTerrain Difference
The customer highlighted the following as unique and value-adding contributions made by DataTerrain –
DataTerrain seamlessly migrated the customer’s reports from SAP crystal reports to Jaspersoft on-time and within budget. The best practices instituted by DataTerrain have created a robust reporting and dashboard implementation in the customer's software products and each of them a future-ready industry leader for the digital inflection point ahead.
References
https://dataterrain.com/jaspersoft-core-benefits-over-other-bi-platforms/
(6) CONVERTING CRYSTAL REPORTS TO JASPERREPORT® CONVERSION CAPABILITIES - YouTube