This presentation provides a brief overview of the role of internationalisation static analysis at Cisco, and it's impact on the quality of localised products.
Originally delivered to the Internationalisation and Unicode Conference, 2014.
Mature internationalisation process and practice
Still learning
Still improving
Internationalisation strategy for whole engineering organisation
Internationalisation champions
Internationalisation training programme
Internationalisation checklist
Integrated into the Cisco Product Development Methodologies for Agile, Lean, Kanban, and Waterfall
Pushed by programme managers
Best practices for internationalisation
Tips and techniques
Databases and libraries
Design, development, and testing
Internationalisation static analysis is one of many types of internationalisation testing.
The four internationalisation testing types defined by Cisco.
Internationalisation testing types and responsibilities where locales are:
Green = integrated with the parent product
Orange = independent of the parent product
Grey = both integrated and independent
Engagement process for internationalisation static analysis
Evaluate and understand
Test, refine, repeat
Report and Improve
Globalyzer Quick Start Guide on Cisco’s enterprise social media platform.
Self-service
Provides clarity
Reduces load on one person
New accounts created
One year period
Software engineers and testers
Products known to maintain internationalisation static analysis.
Software engineers familiar with internationalisation static analysis start using it without encouragement or guidance.
A natural progression to support Agile software development.
Proof of concept
Modification of tools to accommodate internationalisation static analysis
Lifecycle Manager handles object workflow
How do we measure return on investment?
People, time, money
The simple answer: we don’t know yet