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Carriers for Collaboration

By ryanpeel

  • An idea is born!

    An idea is born!
    An idea is born! Create an "underwriting class library" for processing ACORD XML by way of a collaborative effort by P&C insurance carriers.

  • Define Project Collaboration Goals

    Define Project Collaboration Goals
    What do we want to accomplish?

  • Create staff skill set docs

    Create staff skill set docs
    So that we can assess our capacity, create/share documents describing the skill sets of each person that might be involved in the project.

  • Assess staff skill sets and time availability

    Assess staff skill sets and time availability

  • Establish collaboration portal

    Establish collaboration portal
    There are a plethora of free tools online for project collaboration. Set up users and projects within system.

  • Architectural Discussions and Iteration Zero

    Architectural Discussions and Iteration Zero
    3 mos? Discuss what the class library should look like, what platform, how it's maintained, how it's expanded, who "owns" the source code, where is the code stored (code project?), etc. Identify technical leaders that can perform development work involved in interation zero.

  • Assign Formal Staff Roles

    Assign Formal Staff Roles
    Formalize the structure of the team. Assign responsbility.

  • First Sprint Begins

    First Sprint Begins
    In 30 day iterations (sprints)

  • First line of business done!

    First line of business done!
    For future sprints divvy up the work by lines of business. If architected properly, one or more carriers could collaborate on a line of business at a time.