Ray Wang on Engagement, Experiential + Personal Fulfillment systems #HBR

The evolution to engagement systems from transactional systems will usher in an era of experiential systems which apply context to deliver agility and flexibility. Early categories in this space include gamification platforms, context aware services, and decision support systems.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/10/moving_from_transaction_to_eng.html

 

SAP Innovations pre-announced without disruptions to ERP / Business Suite customers

One of the boldest announcement in the enterprise software industry showing SAP's commitment to customers and innovation:

• SAP will extend mainstream maintenance for the core SAP Business Suite 7 applications, including the enterprise resource planning (ERP) application SAP® ERP 6.0, by five years, from December 2015 through December 2020.
• The longer maintenance also applies to the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform, as the basis of the core application releases
• SAP plans to make evolutionary and breakthrough innovations available in a non-disruptive fashion on a quarterly schedule for the product and solution landscapes that customers have today.
• These enhancements will include state-of-the-art user experiences such as side panels, landing pages or process extensions to mobile devices. 

You want to know more about it?

Specific details regarding incremental enhancement capabilities will be provided at the upcoming SAPPHIRE® NOW + SAP® TechEd 2011 events in Madrid, being held November 8-10.

http://www.sap.com/index.epx#/news-reader/

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/SAP-to-Deliver-More-and-prnews-1005115543.html?x=0&.v=1

Teamwork rules in estimation workshop for product release backlog

• 70+ participants, 6 workgroups, 
• 30+ user stories, 200+ backlog items, 
• 1173 estimated ideal days for execution, 
• 1 mission - UI for HCM by Q1 2012.