Activity Management with IBM Lotus Notes 8 Composite Applications

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1 Activity Management with IBM Lotus Notes 8 Composite Applications Prof. Dr. Ludwig Nastansky University of Paderborn Groupware Competence Center

2 Typical Business Activities Definition: An activity is a unit of work that incorporates all the content, people and tools needed to getting the job done. An activity includes people, processes, communications, and all your involved digital assets Examples: Closing a sale - Completing a request for proposals - Resolving a trouble ticket - Manage contacts, schedule, materials for a presentation - Manage your involvement in a complex project Don t loose track in your mail inbox Getting structure in all your ToDos

3 Tools Chaos File Outline Browser Mail Digital asset chaos ToDo CRM Sales Meta Data Bookmarks Calendar Knowledge Project

4 GCC AM Dashboard GCC Activity Manager uses a Dashboard a Portal -Page like User Interface Michael Karasick, Sabine Schilg: ID307 IBM Lotus Expeditor, Lotusphere Orlando 2007

5 Activity Manager Portal Dashboard

6 GCC Activity Manager Activity List Drill Down on Activity Tags Structured Asset Collection Contextual Workplace Portlets

7 Composite Application - Wiring

8 Michael Karasick, Sabine Schilg: ID307 IBM Lotus Expeditor, Lotusphere Orlando 2007 Value aspects

9 GCC Activity Manager works in disconnected mode offline, due to pure Lotus Notes/Domino NSF embedding Michael Karasick, Sabine Schilg: ID307 IBM Lotus Expeditor, Lotusphere Orlando 2007

10 Main Portlets

11 Activity List

12 Add documents, views, databases, view anchors, URLs, files (e.g. data, media), tools (office, line of business) Harvesting Digital Assets

13 Harvesting Digital Assets Add documents, views, databases, view anchors, URLs, files (e.g. data, media), tools (office, line of business) Assignment- Harvesting dialogue

14 Filter and Drilldown

15 Composite Apps Status right now: well defined communication facility property broker UI refresh, tying everything together Strategic aspects: eclipse based, open UI architecture portal-like architecture for your workplace very different information components, wired by LOB user Summary: Notes only infrastructure disconnected shared database for team aspects Notes security built in

16 What is GCC Activity Manager all about? Activity Management is innovative and efficient for information management of people in their business teams Composite Applications in Lotus Notes 8 are innovative and add a new dimension of efficiency for software re-usablitiy The Notes replication architecture is unsurpassed for over 15 years in its efficiency to support disconnected mode so: GCC Activity Manager leverages all these aspects: is a highly efficient Activity Management Tool is based on Lotus Notes 8 composite application architecture uses Lotus Domino as the only backend server, GCC Activity Manager works on local in disconnected mode

17 How to start Download GCC Activity Manager (Will be available at the time when IBM releases public beta of Notes 8 - for download information, see handout) let us know what you like and what you dislike helps you to understand one possible approach of activity management For large scale deployments, evaluate IBM Lotus Connections IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 activity-centric collaboration features Start planning on how to componentize your applications products development process

18 Credits GCC Activity Manager Team Ludwig Nastansky Ingo Erdmann Kerstin Husemann Christian Schröder Frank Wiele Daniel Jäger Heiko Strathkötter