Organizing the deployment of optical fiber with Axione

Axione is a key player in the deployment of telecommunications infrastructures such as optical fiber. With a few figures, this company is 6,500 communes served with very high-speed broadband, 6,000,000 million FTTH outlets and more than 2,900 employees.

We develop a web and mobile software suite for planning and monitoring jobs:

• In the office, foremen use GField Manager, on their PC, to assign jobs to technicians and track their progress. 
• In the field, technicians use GField Mobile, on their tablet, to geo-locate the operations to be performed, access technical documentation and track the progress of the work, for example by taking pictures of the work.

We had to consider four issues:

• Provide an intuitive and efficient user experience for field operators. Our UX department led agile coding workshops with the Product Owner, the businesses and the developers.
• Designing map-centric applications, allowing data to be viewed in their geographical context. With our GIS pole, expert and Esri partner, we implemented an ArcGIS geographic information system.
• Develop high-performance applications with specific hardware (Android and Windows tablets) and environmental requirements (off-line work area). Our Web Application and Mobile Applications divisions worked hand in hand to 
• Deliver the products in agile mode. The Axione/Sully team worked in SCRUM methodology, relying on 15 Axione key-users and partners.

There has been a real buy-in in the field. Nearly 250 users have adopted GField Mobile, and 200 GField Manager. The software suite has already been used to lay 1,500 km of cable and 4,000 boxes. It's a real tool for improving productivity during deployment sites. It's a success story!