Development Committee Responsibilities

Categorize Processes

Define categories for processes, such as "sales" or "HR", and determine the scope of each project. In this way the committee creates a kind of taxonomy for processes.

Determine the Number of Applications

The solution architect determines the number of applications to create — whether there will be only one application, or whether particular groups of processes will get different applications.

AgilePoint recommends having a portal-type user interface where users access the applications they require from a single web page. Applications are developed independently to support various types of processes, such as sales, customer support, or HR. AgilePoint operates as the engine serving all of these applications

AgilePoint can serve any number of required applications, so the decision is unimportant from the AgilePoint perspective. Likewise, any number of applications can be served from the same user-facing portal. So the decision is primarily a solution of architecture that depends upon your organization's requirements.

The following diagram shows a sample architecture with a middle layer that includes multiple applications, but with a single, shared entry point and AgilePoint.

Gather Process Requirements

The committee works with business users to gather and analyze process requirements, design the process, and document the process.

A best practice is to keep the process documentation in a SharePoint library.

Prioritize Processes for Automation

Assess which process is best to be automated using AgilePoint. For more information, refer to Principles for Identifying Your First AgilePoint Process.

Identify Shared Subprocesses

Determine subprocesses that can be modularized and shared. For more information, refer to Principles for Identifying Your First AgilePoint Process.

Develop the Process Application

If the company has a development resource, the developer can create the application. Otherwise, this work can be outsourced to an AgilePoint partner.