Getting Started
Case Studies
- Engaging academic champions in Talis Aspire roll-out at NTU
- Talis Aspire at University of Sussex
- Talis Aspire improves the student experience at Manchester and Nottingham Trent
- Next-generation resource lists management at the University of Plymouth
- CILIP Update: A system-based approach to resource list management
Customer Resources
Contact the Aspire team
- +44 (0) 870 400 5090
- Email: aspire@talis.com
Talis Aspire in progress board, 7th September 2010
This page, regularly updated, gives a snapshot of the work the development team currently has in progress. Click here to read about how the board works.
Current average wait time: 12 working days
The current wait time is calculated based on stories completed and delivered during the past month on a rolling basis.
The stack
The stack currently contains a couple of stories to further improve node management. In addition, there is a story to remove strict date validation when bookmarking, this will allow users to enter dates such as "c. 1918" or "Jun-Aug 2001".
Currently being coded
Story: Bookmark from outside the library catalog stage 1
This story will allow users to bookmark items outside the library catalog more effectively. When bookmarking a webpage that contains an ISBN, the system will query the local catalog for metadata. If the local catalog has a record matching that ISBN, the local record will be used as the basis for the bookmark. The system will recognise ISBNs on pages at Amazon, and also any sites that support COinS metadata (WorldCat, COPAC etc.). Stage 2 of this story will augment this workflow by adding the ability to query OpenLibrary for a quality record if the local catalog does not contain a match.
Story: From the review screen, see where else a resource is used
This story will allow library acquisition review staff to check for other uses of items elsewhere in Aspire when reviewing a list.
Story: Improvements to application logging
This is a non-functional change to improve control over system-level logging
Currently in test
Story: Detail improvements to Review display
The review screen will be updated with a progress indicator and extra metadata over who started the review (and when). We will also tidy up the page menu in this screen.
Currently awaiting release
There are currently no stories awaiting release.
How the board works
Stories (or cards) on the left hand side sit in the stack waiting to be picked up by developers. The developer always picks up the next card at the top of the stack. As they are picked up and progressed through development, they travel from the left hand side of the board to the right. They eventually leave the board completely once they are released and available for use by customers.
Talis releases new features on a regular basis, usually every week.
By monitoring the average time it takes for stories to travel through the board, Talis can predict the average time customers will have to wait to use the feature from the point a card is picked up by a developer (i.e. leaves the top of the stack and coding starts) to when it leaves the board completely (i.e. is live and released into product). Predicted wait times will be shown on the top of the stack column on the left hand side.
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