10 Years of PTA Life: A Journey with SpiraTeam
Experience the evolution of PTA Life over a decade, from manual processes to integrated tools like SpiraTeam for ALM. Learn how collaboration, efficiency, and cross-project staffing have shaped PTA Life's success, managing over 120 projects and 350 users with minimal FTE. Discover the integrative approach and motivation behind PTA Life's transformation, paving the way for educational projects and capacity improvement.
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10 years of PTALife A long-term experience with SpiraTeam @Inflectra | #InflectraCon
Dennis Hassloecher Managing Director, DATIS Member of the Board, PTA
How it started 2010 Re-engineering project (migrating 2 Mio. LoC Cobol to Java) with - 3 development tracks (16 FTE developers) No task management! No test management! No test run documentation! Just EXCEL - 2 test teams (6 FTE tester) - 5 business analysists Tool stack - Enterprise Architect - Time recording - Subversion
First integration SpiraTeam used as ALM-Tool and Nightly batches for Daily checkup necessary! Error handling nightmare! - Requirements - Time entries Good for evaluation purposes
Motivation of PTALife Increasing need for intensive cooperation between the offices, e.g. due to increasing efficiency pressure Efficiency-enhancing aspects from PTA-Life Use of the specific know-how other offices Better availability for part-time employees Use for educational projects Capacitive improvement Cross project staffing
Integrative Approach of PTA-Life Enterprise Architect SpiraTeam Requirement Management Time Recording PTA Life Project Management Configuration database and Configurator Team Foundation Server SpiraTeam TIM Software Development Environment, Configuration Management Subversion Visual Studio Eclipse
Example: Time data SpiraTeam Defines the relevant view quantity of all hourly entries. Cost unit structure Order Order Position Task PTA Life Configuration Configuration Time recording system TIM TIM SpiraTeam Production Reporting Configuration Management Tool Definition Project TimSpiraSynch
Where we are now 120+ projects 350 users 10-15 new projects per year 0,2 FTE to manage all this
What we love about SpiraTeam Great support and their responsiveness Openness to share new functionality and knowledge Easy upgrades through versioned API Ever developing UI Listening to the needs of users
Future of PTALife
Our plans for PTALife Continuously evolving by integration of new tools. Used as show case for our customers
Tools of PTA-Life Planning and Documentation of tasks and incidents Time recording Transmission of conducted times for individual tasks TIM Web Configurator Design of Requirements Transmission of approved requirements SpiraTeam TFS EA Planning Tool
Interfaces: Model => Management-Tool Export out of SVN Defines the transfer rules for requirements Assumption Modell PTA Life Configuration Configuration Modelling Tool EA EA File SpiraTeam Database Configuration Management Tool Definition Project EaSpiraSynch
