A unique institution
SBM is unique in Turkey and the EMEA region both as an institution and in terms of its processes. Highlighting this, SBM’s Software Development and Business Intelligence Director, Nevzat Koldemir, said “As there is no institution with business processes similar to ours either in Turkey or in the EMEA region, we do not have the luxury of being able to use ready-made applications, so our in-house teams develop our own software.” He added that this fact meant that the organisation was forced to use a variety of different software solutions supplied by different companies, which did not always integrate with one another particularly well. In addition, reporting on processes was difficult and it was not possible to have a centralised end-to-end management of the software. Because of this a new structure was require that would find the source of any problems quickly and intervene immediately to improve the efficiency of processes.
Building the dream team
Koldemir is proud that the company made the right choice by using HP products for their Application Development Lifecycle project, saying that HP was the “right choice from every angle.” The Project and Portfolio Management (PPM), Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Test Automation (UFT), Performance Center products were all successful parts of the project. “Innova was invited to take part in the project due to its reputation as a reliable business partner to HP and the company assisted us greatly in the installation and adaptation processes. The SBM, HP and Innova teams displayed the highest possible performance, both technically and operationally, in the restructuring of our processes.
A first in the EMEA
Pointing at HP’s large investment in its new Continuous Delivery Automation (CDA) product, Koldemir talked about another remarkable feature of the project: “the open source products we used, such as code management and versioning software have also been integrated with HP products. HP’s Continuous Delivery Automation (CDA) and Operations Orchestration (OO) products automate all software adaptation processes. The project stands out as the first in the EMEA region to integrate CDA, ALM and PPM.”
New Corporate Portal
SBM is also transforming its website into a portal. With the portal project, which is also going ahead with Innova’s consultancy services, SBM is able to offer a platform with forum and blog features to all companies in the sector. Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2013 was used for this project.