Firt Cloud Based Open Source Agile Development

Global media company with £1bn+ revenues and 2,500 employees

  • Pearson

    Aqovia sets the standards on how to run technology projects.

    Andrew Stephens

    Head of Operations at BBC Motion Gallery

1. What

  • Metadata portal application development for the BBC Worldwide Motion Gallery
  • BBCW Motion Gallery is the footage licensing division of BBCW
  • Exclusive representative of CBS News Archive
  • Global distributor for NHK, CCTV and ABC.
  • Enables BBC Motion Gallery employees to create video clip metadata and organise those into saleable packages through a web interface.

2. Why

  • Improve discovery – increase sales and quality of service offering
  • Dynamically configure fields and improve asset association – reduce support costs
  • Robust rights management – reduce mitigation risk

3. How

  • Value driven prioritization and delivery of functionality
  • User behaviour driven design with agile iteration
  • First cloud based open sourced agile development at BBC Worldwide
BBC Motion Gallery Architecture diagram

4. Value

  • New channels to market driving sales uplift
  • Significant IT cost savings