top 7 benefits of using a shared services model for agile and alm success

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Top 7 BenefitsUsing a Shared Services Model for Agile and ALM Success

Chris Nimmer - Federal Director, CollabNet NLIT Summit 2014 – San Francisco July 1, 2014


What We’ll Cover Today

• Leveraging the “Shared Services” model

• Sandia National Laboratories case study

• Top seven benefits of using a Shared Services Model


What is a Shared Services Model


Sandia Labs – Real World Scenario

• Sandia Corporation operates Sandia National Laboratories as a contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

• Supports numerous federal, state and local government agencies, companies and organizations

• Operated and managed by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation


The Challenges

• Alleviate the need for individual development teams to research and purchase disparate Agile ALM solutions

• Needed a solution that was approved to run on multiple Sandia networks

• Centralized management for source code management was a key requirement

• Keep pace with new IT modernization challenges around three key themes of: Transform, Protect and Advance

• Enable them the ability to move into the Cloud when ready


How Did Sandia Solve the Challenges?

• They did this by standardizing on a single ALM platformo Reduced duplication of efforts for code and document management

o Consolidated SVN and Git camps into central location to ensure the date for DR planning

o Consolidated IT software and resources thus reducing overall costs and improving efficiencies

o Enables then to be “Cloud ready”

• Sandia now has a Shared Services Group

within its IT department that supports

development teams internally and can be

extended beyond non-NNSA groups

• Provides common software tools

(databases, ALM applications and

platform options, etc.)


Single ALM Platform

Site Organization

Role-based Access Controls

Associating Related IP

Project Templates


Top 7 Benefits Achieved

1. Saved time and improved productivity

2. Obtained cost savings with a volume discount agreement

3. Decreased legal fees with a multi-year agreement

4. Obtained economies of scale

5. Drove efficiency throughout the organization

6. Provided high-quality applications to development teams

7. Accelerated speed to market of quality software products

“Shared development and code re-use is a great effectiveness

and efficiency opportunity. The DoE

does not want to reinvent the wheel.”

- Bob Brese, CIO, Department of Energy


Review and prioritize your organizations challenges:

• Ungoverned code / repositories

• Security / compliance risks

• Lack of collaboration and reuse

• Currently operate in a “Silo of Excellence” approach and want to drive more Cloud “shared services”

• Budget reductions

• Shadow IT

• Lack of standardization

• Ability to attract and keep key IT personnel

How to Start the Process


Q&A

Thank YouTop 7 Benefits

Using a Shared Services Model

for Agile and ALM Success

presented by Chris [email protected]

July 1, 2014

Please visit CollabNet at Booth 707

“Departments and agencies need to continue to enhance the shared development and shared security information sharing programs and processes. Whether you’re talking security or software development.” - Bob Brese, CIO, Department of Energy

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