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Christ opher Savage2004 Spot fire UserConference19 - Oct - 2004
100 users of Spot fire DecisionSit e forLead DiscoveryUser Groups focused around BasicResearch, Genom ics, HTS, and Sales andMarket ingUsers in England, I t aly, Canada, and t heUnit ed St at es support ed on one SunSolaris ServerDat abases are locat ed in close proxim it yt o t he Spot fire serverCurrent ly use DecisionSit e for LeadDiscovery, DecisionSit e for Funct ionalGenom ics, and DecisionSit e Post ers
Guide developm ent at Merck needst o keep pace wit h Basic ResearchScient ific focus is const ant ly changing asnew pot ent ial drugs are synt hesizedWorkflows change as hypot hesis are provenor disprovenNew proj ect s and assays are cont inuallyadded to the portfolio
Basic Research– Assist s scient ist s in quickly andaccurat ely select ing drug classes forfurt her analysis– Decreases t he am ount of t im e involvedin QA of large HTS dat a runs– Helps t o find correlat ion in act ivit ybet ween different assays
I ndividualizat ion of Spot fire int erfaceallows:– Sim plified dat a im port and access– Access t o m ost com m only used t ools– St andardizat ion of business rules– Reduct ion of barriers associat ed wit h lackof product knowledge– Access t o com m on analyt ical rout ineswhile providing flexibilit y t o explore“ t angent s”
Guide Developm ent was ram ped upin June 2003– Spot fire consult ant s m et wit h broadrepresent at ion from t hree groups wit hinBasic Research– A generic plat form for guidedevelopm ent was creat ed– 3 Proj ect guides were rolled out bySpot fire consult ant s
1 - 2 hour large group dem o sessions– Provides t he user group t he opport unit yt o view t he applicat ion and init iat ediscussion about t he dat a– Provides t he user group a forum forbrainst orm ing and com pounding ofideas– Allows t he user t o ask quest ions wit houtbeing burdened down by t echnicalaspect s
Reviewing Value-Added Functionalitythrough Formal OpportunitiesFull or Half Day Class Trainings– Full day t raining sessions offer businessanalyst s t he opport unit y t o walkt hrough funct ionalit y wit h users– Provides t he opport unit y for businessanalyst s t o gauge user t echnical abilit y,t endencies, and t hought processes– Half day t raining classes were t he basisfor t he Spot fire - creat ed generic guide
Quest ion and Answer Sessions– Sessions are open t o m any funct ionalgroups– Allows for sharing of ideas across t eam st hat generally m ay not com m unicat e– Provides an environm ent where issueswit h t he guides can be raised andaddressed
Ad hoc/ helpdesk conversat ions– Highlight s applicat ion feat ures t hat aredifficult t o use– Provides t he opport unit y for users t oroughly describe a problem and t henwork t hrough m ult iple possible solut ionst o m eet t he user needs
Mim ic but ext end ot her applicat ionfeat ures– Det erm ine popular feat ures in current lyaccept ed applicat ions– Ext end t he feat ures t o provideenhanced funct ionalit y– I ncorporat e t he feat ures int o t heworkflow of t he guideEffect ive linking t o ot her applicat ionsincreases usage
Analysis Builder– Privileges t o Analysis Builder were givent o a few power users wit hin BasicResearchUse Publicat ions– Transform published papers int oSpot fire guides
Many of t he requirem ent generat ingsources are out side t he prot ot ypicalrequirem ent s gat hering sessionUsers need a st art ing point fromwhich t o form guide requirem ent sCom m unicat ion and int erpret at ionare t he keys t o gat hering businessrequirem ent s
I n person follow - up is essent ial t ocorrect ly represent ing userrequirem ent sCreat ivit y and I m aginat ion arerequired– When working wit h user groups t hink“ out side t he box ” in realizing t heunspoken business issues andpreem pt ively creat ing solut ions
Basic Research Chem ist ry–––Mike RowleyMark BilodeauChris DinsmoreBasic Research RI S––––––Ingrid AkerblomLori HarmonSteve ScottRobert KearneyKen YuenValentina Cappello
100 users of Spotfire DecisionSitefor Lead Discovery User Groups focused around Basic Research, Genomics, HTS, and Sales and Marketing Users in England, Italy, Canada, and the United States supported on one Sun Solaris Server Databases are located in close proximity to the Spotfire server Currently use DecisionSitefor Lead
