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Tuesday, 5 February 13
Talis Aspire User GroupProduct Update 2013
Date: 08/02/2013
Place: University of Kent
Presenter: Keji Adedeji, Product Manager
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2012 Review
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Talis Aspire Product Update
2012 Review
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Performance Theme• Major project to port Aspire to a new next generation database
architecture• Objectives
–Deliver significant and noticeable performance improvements–Allow us to develop the product better and easier. –Ensure that the product stays technically competitive and cutting edge,
and is capable of growing and delivering the features our customers need and want.
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Performance - Objectives• 5 Distinct Phases of Migration
– Phase 1: Reviews and Jobs– Phase 2: Draft Lists Stores - My Lists & List Editing– Phase 3: Bibliographic Resources - My Bookmarks
• Code and functionality re-architecture– My Lists– My Bookmarks
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Performance - Objectives• 5 Distinct Phases of Migration
– Phase 1: Reviews and Jobs– Phase 2: Draft Lists Stores - My Lists & List Editing– Phase 3: Bibliographic Resources - My Bookmarks
• Code and functionality re-architecture– My Lists– My Bookmarks
✓✓✓
✓✓
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Performance - ProgressFaster Code average decrease in around 400ms per request across
all traffic
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Performance - ProgressOverall browser page speed (CODE + NETWORK)
Infrastructure investment in ADN & network acceleration
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Performance - Progress
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Performance - Progress
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Performance - Progress
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Performance - Progress
• Summary
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Performance - Progress
• Summary– approximately 30% reduction in page load times, on average around 1
second per page.
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Performance - Progress
• Summary– approximately 30% reduction in page load times, on average around 1
second per page.– 40% of this has come from code improvement, 60% from network speed
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Performance - Progress
• Summary– approximately 30% reduction in page load times, on average around 1
second per page.– 40% of this has come from code improvement, 60% from network speed– Some transactions much more improved than others (e.g. bookmarking
& page edit before xmas)
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Performance - Progress
• Summary– approximately 30% reduction in page load times, on average around 1
second per page.– 40% of this has come from code improvement, 60% from network speed– Some transactions much more improved than others (e.g. bookmarking
& page edit before xmas)• Q1 should show further improvements (Phase 4 & 5)
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Performance - Progress
• Summary– approximately 30% reduction in page load times, on average around 1
second per page.– 40% of this has come from code improvement, 60% from network speed– Some transactions much more improved than others (e.g. bookmarking
& page edit before xmas)• Q1 should show further improvements (Phase 4 & 5)
–We have some more code improvements - publish workflow, speed of rollover, speed of hierarchy, improved searching, user management
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Performance - Progress
• Summary– approximately 30% reduction in page load times, on average around 1
second per page.– 40% of this has come from code improvement, 60% from network speed– Some transactions much more improved than others (e.g. bookmarking
& page edit before xmas)• Q1 should show further improvements (Phase 4 & 5)
–We have some more code improvements - publish workflow, speed of rollover, speed of hierarchy, improved searching, user management
–More network related improvements
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Performance - Progress
• Q1 should show further improvements • Phase 4: List Viewing & Publishing, Hierarchy (In Progress)• Phase 5: User Profiles, Bookmarklet rules, Setup &
configuration elements...everything else.• Additional code improvements - publish workflow, speed of
rollover, speed of hierarchy, improved searching, user management
• Additional network related improvements
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Hierarchy Upload
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Hierarchy Upload• Deliver improvements to how the hierarchy is manually
updated.
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Hierarchy Upload• Deliver improvements to how the hierarchy is manually
updated.• Deliver the ability to perform bulk updates to the hierarchy by
uploading a file.
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Hierarchy Upload• Deliver improvements to how the hierarchy is manually
updated.• Deliver the ability to perform bulk updates to the hierarchy by
uploading a file.
✓
✓
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Reporting Theme
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Reporting Theme• Objective
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Reporting Theme• Objective
–Make reporting faster
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Reporting Theme• Objective
–Make reporting faster–Enable more complex reports & reporting tools
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Reporting Theme• Objective
–Make reporting faster–Enable more complex reports & reporting tools
• Additional Columns
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Reporting Theme• Objective
–Make reporting faster–Enable more complex reports & reporting tools
• Additional Columns• Filtering
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Reporting Theme• Objective
–Make reporting faster–Enable more complex reports & reporting tools
• Additional Columns• Filtering• Improved export
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Reporting Theme• Objective
–Make reporting faster–Enable more complex reports & reporting tools
• Additional Columns• Filtering• Improved export
• Phases
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Reporting Theme• Objective
–Make reporting faster–Enable more complex reports & reporting tools
• Additional Columns• Filtering• Improved export
• Phases–Dedicated report server
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Reporting Theme• Objective
–Make reporting faster–Enable more complex reports & reporting tools
• Additional Columns• Filtering• Improved export
• Phases–Dedicated report server–New report engine/runner
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Reporting Theme• Objective
–Make reporting faster–Enable more complex reports & reporting tools
• Additional Columns• Filtering• Improved export
• Phases–Dedicated report server–New report engine/runner–Convert existing report
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Reporting Theme - Progress
ASPIRE
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Reporting Theme - Progress
ASPIRE
Old dB
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Reporting Theme - Progress
ASPIRE
Old dB
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Reporting Theme - Progress
ASPIRE
Old dB
UNIVERSE
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Reporting Theme - Progress
ASPIRE
Old dB
UNIVERSE
Report Runner
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Reporting Theme - Progress
ASPIRE
Old dB
UNIVERSE
New dB
Report Runner
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Reporting Theme - Progress
ASPIRE
Old dB
UNIVERSE
New dB
Report Runner
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Reporting Theme - Progress
ASPIRE
Old dB
UNIVERSE
New dB
Report Runner
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Reporting Theme
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Reporting Theme• Reporting directly from the new database
– On selected reports– Additional improvements to filters & enhanced reporting capability
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Reporting Theme• Reporting directly from the new database
– On selected reports– Additional improvements to filters & enhanced reporting capability
• New Reports– Resource demand– Library review performance
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Digitised Content• Next major feature set of Aspire
– developed and piloted with existing customers– in collaboration with the CLA
• Now released
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2013: Ideas Forum
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Talis Aspire Product Update
2013: Ideas Forum
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Ideas Refresh
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Ideas Refresh• Objective
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Ideas Refresh• Objective
– Keep the forum maintainable & effective as a means to get and implement product ideas
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Ideas Refresh• Objective
– Keep the forum maintainable & effective as a means to get and implement product ideas
– Ensure we are focusing our efforts in the right areas
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Ideas Refresh• Objective
– Keep the forum maintainable & effective as a means to get and implement product ideas
– Ensure we are focusing our efforts in the right areas• Move to annual format: Talis Aspire Ideas 2013
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Ideas Refresh• Objective
– Keep the forum maintainable & effective as a means to get and implement product ideas
– Ensure we are focusing our efforts in the right areas• Move to annual format: Talis Aspire Ideas 2013• Ideas Survey
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Ideas Survey - Quick Summary
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Ideas Survey - Quick Summary
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Ideas Survey - Quick Summary
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Ideas Survey - Quick Summary
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Ideas Survey - Quick Summary
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Ideas Forum - Status
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Ideas Forum - Status• Ideas Archive
– 2 Started– 2 Scheduled– 28 Planned– 41 Under Review
Tuesday, 5 February 13
Ideas Forum - Status• Ideas Archive
– 2 Started– 2 Scheduled– 28 Planned– 41 Under Review
• Ideas Forum 2013– 1 Scheduled– 1 Planned– 10 Under Review
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Polish Weeks
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Polish Weeks
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Polish Weeks
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Polish Weeks
•Polishing the product
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Polish Weeks
•Polishing the product•A week of focus
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Polish Weeks
•Polishing the product•A week of focus•Stories that can be addressed in time frame
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Polish Weeks
•Polishing the product•A week of focus•Stories that can be addressed in time frame •May focus on specific areas e.g. Bookmarklet blitz
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Polish Weeks
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2013: Next 6 months
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Talis Aspire Product Update
2013: Next 6 months
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PERFORMANCE ACADEMIC DELIGHTS
UI REFRESH INTEGRATION
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
LOOKING AHEAD: READING LISTS
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Talis Aspire Reading Lists - Roadmap
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Coming Soon - Preview• List Edit• List View UI Improvements• Bookmarking Improvements
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IMPORT ROLLOVER
RL INTEGRATION
DIRECT DOCUMENT
SUPPLY & BILLING
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
LOOKING AHEAD: DIGITISED CONTENT
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Talis Aspire Digitised Content - Roadmap
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Product Takeaways• More new features this year• Get involved - requirements & scoping exercises, product
surveys, BETA programs• Stay up to date: Watch the “In-Progress” board, subscribe to
the Aspire News & Updates forum• More Ideas please.
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Questions?
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