1. 1 Software Integration “The Road to ???? is Paved With Code” February 18, 2009

2. 2 Goals Increase ReliabilityIncrease Reliability Reduce Costs (Manpower)Reduce Costs (Manpower) Automate Workflow and ProcessesAutomate Workflow and Processes

3. 3 Increase Reliability Move decisions upstreamMove decisions upstream Generate reliable dataGenerate reliable data But:But: –Upgrades and Bugs are inevitable –Test environment is essential

4. 4 Reduce Costs (Manpower) What skill sets are being replaced? What tasks will be performed? What manual tasks remain? –Old –New

5. 5 Automate Workflow Real-time Tasks (Decisions) Complex Tasks Repetitive Tasks

6. 6 Documentation You can’t have too much Know why and what Think of it as, “Source Code Notes”

7. 7 Famous Last Words It’ll only require a few lines of codeIt’ll only require a few lines of code It’s a MINOR code changeIt’s a MINOR code change

8. 8 It’s always “Beta”