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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.

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

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

Tuesday, 5 February 13

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

Tuesday, 5 February 13

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.

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. 

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

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

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

Tuesday, 5 February 13

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

Tuesday, 5 February 13

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

Tuesday, 5 February 13

Ideas Survey - Quick Summary

Tuesday, 5 February 13

Ideas Survey - Quick Summary

Tuesday, 5 February 13

Ideas Survey - Quick Summary

Tuesday, 5 February 13

Ideas Survey - Quick Summary

Tuesday, 5 February 13

Ideas Forum - Status

Tuesday, 5 February 13

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

Tuesday, 5 February 13

Talis Aspire Digitised Content - Roadmap

Tuesday, 5 February 13

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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