PSC Case study: SP2013 Public Facing Internet Site - Roadrunner Transportation Systems

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2014 Case Study: SP2013 Internet Site ROADRUNNER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

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This case study gives a behind the scenes look at what it took the team at PSC Group, LLC to build the new www.rrts.com website for Roadrunner Transportation Systems.

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Case Study: SP2013 Internet Site

ROADRUNNER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

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Who are these guys?

Michael Blumenthal• Sr. Solution Architect• CSPUG Co-Leader• 19 years in IT Consulting• 11 years of SharePoint • Team member on this project

Malcolm Eaton• Microsoft Practice Leader• 14 years of SharePoint • Project Leader on this project

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This is about you

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Agenda

The business challenge

The solution

Technical Architecture & key components

Team

Measures of success

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Roadrunner Transportation Systems

• Truckload, Less-Than-Truckload, Intermodal• 2500+ Employees, 15,000+ Contractors• 30 Different Acquisitions

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The Challenges

Aging ASP.Net site

Consolidate 30+ Subsidiary Sites

Consolidate 500+ Line of business apps

Small Internal developer staff

AS400 integration

User Management

VB.NET code base

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What Did We See?

• 32 Subsidiary Sites• 251 Pages• 49 Forms• 16 Login Methods• 32 Reports• 63 Tools• 57 Forms

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What Did We Build?

• 15 Admin Apps• 30 Line of Business Apps• 8 SSRS Reports• 7 Web Services• 8 Service Segments Pages• 16 Company Sites

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Project Management Strategy

• Frequent Status Meetings• PSC Client Portal –

SharePoint 2013 • Shared OneNote Notebook• Yammer

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Design

• Axure Prototyping Tool• Site Design Strategy• 20/20 Hindsight• Create UX Before any

Development

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UX

Goals

• Modern• User Friendly

Tools• SharePoint ECM Features• Twitter Bootstrap• Telerik ASP.NET AJAX

Controls• SSRS Reports

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BEFORE

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Wando

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AFTER: WWW.RRTS.COM Roadrunner Transportation Systems

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HOW IT WORKS

Technical Architecture

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Technology Overview

• SharePoint 2013 for Internet• Web Part Development• Solution Packages

• Telerik• Twitter Bootstrap• SQL 2012 / Custom Database

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Development Decisions

• Traditional SharePoint Model vs. App Model?• Authentication?

• Where to store Data?

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“Traditional” SP Dev, Not SP Apps

Traditional SP Dev

• On Premise• Mature• Resources

SP App Model

• Cloud Oriented• Immature• Challenging

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Sharepoint2013FBA.codeplex.com

www.rrts.com

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Production Farm

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LOB APPS AND REPORTS

Demo

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The A-Team

• Client: 2 .Net developers, 1 Team Lead, 1 manager, 1 CIO , 1 Dir of Marketing

Account Exec

Practice Lead

Project Manager

Sr. UX Designer

UX Designer

SP Arch Data Arch SP Devs Tester

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Measures of success

• 700 Bills Of Lading/day• Increased hits, decreased exits

Google Analytics 3 mo Before 3 mo AfterPage Views 3,393,986 5,270,783Unique Page Views 2,609,161 3,606,197Average Time on Page 1m:51s 1m:21s% Exit 27.92% 20.79%

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Summary

• Plan UX Design First• Determine Development Strategy• Incorporate Pre-Built Tools and

Frameworks• Store Relational Data in a Database• Test, Test, Test

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Come to our both for a chance to win!

• ASUS Transformer Book T100TA-C1-GR Touchscreen 2 in 1

• Sells for $399!• 10.1-inch HD

touchscreen• Up to 11 hours battery

life

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Questions

• Michael BlumenthalSharePoint ArchitectPSC Group, LLC

[email protected]• psclistens.com• www.cspug.org• Blog.blumenthalit.com• Twitter: @MichaelBL• SPYam & MWC Yam

Thank you for your time today.• Malcolm Eaton

Practice LeadPSC Group, LLC

[email protected]• psclistens.com• SPYam & MWC Yam