Managing Director of Mendix Benelux Arno Rood introduced Mendix to the attending audience at The Mendix Essentials on November 25th in Rotterdam

1. Mendix Essentials
25 november 2011
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2. • > 45% procent van alle projecten over tijd en over budget
• > 20% faalt en ziet nooit productie
• 1/3 is maar ‘succesvol’
• > 45% van wat we maken wordt nooit gebruikt
• > 25% van de requirements veranderen tijdens het project
• > 40% van de fouten komen uit de requirements
En de druk en verwachtingen nemen alleen nog maar meer toe….
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3. Why is Enterprise Software so Hard?
120%
100%
80% Failed
60% Challenged
40% Successful
20%
0%
1994 2009
Chaos Report: 68% of all software projects are NOT successful
Source: Standish Group 2010
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4. Top 3 reasons for project failure:
1. Lack of user
involvement
2. Incomplete
requirements: “the
business doesn’t know
what they want”
3. Requirements change
Source: The Standish Group
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6. Controle gezocht in documenten
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7. Mendix bridges the gap between business & IT
Traditional projects
Months… Days…
Benchmark analysis Custom development versus Mendix. Source : RDF Group Plc. (www.rdfgroup.com)
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8. Who We Are
 Launched 2007
 Hyper growth (annual triple-digit growth)
 >200 enterprise clients in production
 Strong partner network & user community
 Offices in USA, Netherlands, UK & South Africa
 Background at Erasmus & TU Delft
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9. Business Overview
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10. From “Built-to-last” to “Built-to-change”
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11. Product
Supporting the full agile application lifecycle
1. Collaborate
using sprintr™
2. Develop with the
App Factory™
5. Manage & monitor with the
4. Get real-time user
Enterprise Cloud Portal™
feedback & iterate
3. Deploy to the Cloud using
single-click-deploy
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12. Project Collaboration Portal
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13. Mendix App Factory:
Mendix Business Modeler™
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14. Mendix Community App Store
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15. Mendix Cloud Portal
What is required for a Me - dndix application?
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16. Seeing is Believing!
Kickoff with stakeholders 5-day on-site Deliver working app +
Business fixed price/fixed date 30-day go/no-go Success!
(no specs needed) Modeling quote for full delivery
• 5-day no cure, no pay on-site proof-of-concept
• 1 Mendix business engineer on-site with relevant business-IT
stakeholders
• No detailed specs required
• Proven methodology: in less than 5 days we present working app + fixed
price/fixed date quote!
• Cost: fixed fee of Euro 5.000,-
• No cure no pay conditions:
- If NOT successful -> FULL REFUND of PoC costs
- If order is placed < 30 days after PoC -> FULL REFUND of PoC costs
- PoC successful but no order -> NO REFUND
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17. “It’s not the strongest who
survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the ones most
adaptable to change.”
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- Charles Darwin

18. Thank you!
Arno.Rood@mendix.com
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