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Construction of a core system for the distribution
PMO, we have built the backbone of a large-scale WEB system while supporting the progress management of our customers
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Participation in building the backbone of a huge information system from requirement definition
Leading with a domestic 200 stores a little less than distribution and retail company X of huge information system. At its core, in addition to the core system, there are major systems such as information analysis and master management, which are surrounded by a myriad of peripheral systems. It is also characterized by being designed to streamline the company's wide range of operations and to cope with the dramatic increase in the number of stores due to future business expansion.
The new construction project for the information system, which started in June 2016, has become a major project in which several well-known system integrators participate. CUBE SYSTEM succeeded in receiving orders after making proposing to one of them. I was in charge of building the core system part from the requirement definition stage.
The core system manages purchasing, ordering, inventory, accounting information, etc. received from all stores. There are about 2,000 features that need to be implemented. Therefore, in addition CUBE SYSTEM customers partner companies jointly built it.
It took about two and a half years to complete the development. CUBE SYSTEM team was in the months when the consolidation test was conducted. During that time, about 200 people, including about 50 proper people, our partner companies, and offshore companies, took part in the development.
Promote the project as customers
CUBE SYSTEM this project is not limited to the development of the area in charge. PMO (Project Management Office), which brings together several companies that participated in the development of core systems and supports customers
PMO most important focus of the PMO was the quantification of information related to the project. Based on the reports received from each company, all progress, verification, number of failures, etc. are visualized numerically. We continued to distribute the paper "Shinbun" that can list them to each team leader twice a day in the morning and evening. This ensures progress information sharing even at development sites that are crowded with various We have built a system that can respond immediately to problems that arise one after another.
In addition, we hold a status check meeting every week for customers We took the time to request and ensured close communication. In addition, customers such as again and again in order to continue the development in the immediate vicinity transfer the resident offices, Customer First through the principle CUBE SYSTEM flexible likeness has been demonstrated correspondence was also the key to project success.
The management system of offshore
offshore companies was a great help in development in the area of our own responsibility. Since the contractor was a Chinese company, I went to the site in advance and explained the required specifications in detail. Taking advantage of the merits of Chinese members in the company, we made efforts such as issuing development instructions in our native language. As a result, CUBE SYSTEM, which is good at offshore utilization, was demonstrated, as offshore destination showed more success than expected.
Asynchronous processing is realized by the SPA structure
The core system is a web application that runs on AWS. The design uses a structure called SPA (Single Page Application). This is due to the strong request of user
In Company X's business, there are opportunities to be required to operate the system even in an offline environment, such as inventory in a freezer warehouse. A system designed with SPA can retain input data even offline and process it all at once after the terminal is connected to the line.
However, it customers, CUBE SYSTEM, and offshore companies to build complex systems using SPA. Although it was a difficult development that repeated trial and error on site, we made steady progress with the cooperation of other companies. We have achieved a full implementation of SPA.
Immediate response to unknown frameworks
Another technical hurdles, customers is own is that using the framework developed. The framework was completed just before the start of the project. Of course, none of the development members have any knowledge. Considering the delivery date setting, it is not possible to secure a sufficient education period. Even so, I used my little spare time to hold study sessions and acquired the necessary knowledge in a short period of time.
System maintenance is still ongoing
In fact, at the beginning of the project, customers were worried about completing the project on time due to factors such as scale. However, the delay in the schedule that occurred at the basic design stage was greatly recovered by reviewing the plan. In November 2018, we were able to officially put the core system into operation without any fatal delays or troubles. As the main vendor, CUBE SYSTEM has earned the trust customers, remains in the field and continues to maintain the system.
Voice of site staff
Through thorough visualization of quantitative information, we were able to achieve high quality by quickly finding issues and risks and quickly resolving them. I think it is a success because we have established a solid cooperative relationship that transcends the boundaries of departments and companies.
What we have gained from this project is innumerable other than the tremendous trust of our customers For example, the efforts such as “Shinbun” that we carried out as a PMO Of course, we also found growth issues such as the fact that we were forced to review the plan on the way.
Currently, we are in the stage of accumulating our strength as a company while performing maintenance work, but we will make further efforts toward advanced initiatives such as DX-related businesses that are expected in the future.
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