Kata:Gird The Grid

Summary

A company who builds management software for electrical grids needs to update their outdated software solution, and plan to sell their offering as a platform.

Users

small to medium size market electic market companies, able to accommodate electrical grids from 100,000-1,900,000 electrical customers

Requirements

• configurable for specific grid company characteristics (state, tax rates, etc.)
• state-of-the-art user experience
• dashboards with analytics reports with near-real time data from the grid
• excellent reporting capabilities
• sophisticated analytics-based engine to determine best throughput/money
• administer through either desktop or mobile devices
• security penetration attempt reporting

Additional Context

• Four nines (99.99) reliability
• turn-key deployment on remote sites
• security is a first-class concern
• company wants to shift from managing electrical grids to becoming a software reseller

Credit

Neal Ford