DHI SoftwareEvolvable Software Products in the World of Water

Thomas Bech

thb@dhigroup.com

Karl J. Hollenbeck

kjh@dhigroup.com

Agenda

DHI Water & Environment

DHI Software

Challenges

Denmark - Australia, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, USA - Brazil, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam

Knowledge of water to value and welfare

DHI is an independent, self-governing research and consultancy organisation (non-profit)

DHI builds competence and promotes technological development relevant to the water and the environment

DHI has ongoing activities world-wide

DHI has a total staff of about 560

DHI Water & Environment

DHI’s Mission

We transform knowledge of water intovalue for customers and welfare for theglobal community

We provide solutions by applying andintegrating core competencies within amanagement and societal context

DHI’s Vision

We aim to be: The world’s preferred source of specialist

knowledge within our core competencies, striving to influence global agendas within water and environmental management

The world’s leading supplier of hydroinformatic tools. Our technology shall make a difference and set global standards

DHI’s Profile

Research/Development Product/Problem Solution

Consultants

Universities

DHI Water & Environment

Authorities

DonorOrganisations

Sector ResearchInstitutions

Industry/Business

Researchers/In-depth Expertise Consultants/Broad Expertise

Gross Turnover by Type of Activity

6%4%

16%

3%

71%

Core Funding for R&D(PerformanceContract)

Commissioned R&D(R&D Contracts)

Software Sales

Equipment Sales(Other Products)

SpecializedConsultancy

DHI Software Products

MOUSE

MIKE 21

MIKE BASIN

MIKE SHE

MIKE 11

MIKE 3

LITPACK

MIKE SWMMMIKE NET

Modelling the World of Water

DHI Software

What happens if the sea bed rises 0.5 m somewhere in the Indian Ocean ?

Software Products

DHI provides front-end software

products within 3 product lines:

Water in the marine environment Water resources Water in the city

- Desktop Software for Windows PC’s

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Clients

Consultants Authorities (municipality -> Government) Universities Research Institutions

Marine Software

Modelling Systems for Rivers, Lakes, Estuaries, Bays, Coastal Areas and Seas

Professional Engineering Software Packages for Free-Surface Flows

MIKE 21, MIKE 3, LITPACK….

MIKE 11 /MIKE FLOOD

Dynamic modelling of rivers, reservoirs, floodplains, detailed water quality assessment. MIKE BASIN

Regional environmental assessment, GIS information management.

Integrated analysis of rivers & groundwater,wetlands, irrigation systems.

MIKE SHE

MIKE 21C

River Morphology

Water Resources Software

URBAN Software - MIKE Urban

GIS Functionality

Hydraulic Models

DHI Software – The figures

Sales budget 2006: roughly 55 mio DKK

Income from product sales funds: “The black figures” (60 %) Marketing & Sales Service & Support IT Infrastructure Development (2006 budget: 11 mio DKK)

Software Development Centers

DK - Hørsholm: Marine Software Urban Software Water Resources Software

CZ - Praha: Development resources available to all areas –

but primarily used by Urban Software

CN – Shanghai Development resources available to all areas

DHI Software

Drivers and Challenges …

Challenge: 20 years of History

Challenge: Keeping up with technology

New platforms and technologies 64 Bit computing Multiprocessor / Multicore systems New OS GIS platform .NET framework Development Environments Etc.….

Challenge: Market Demands

Diverse markets (and clients) Diverse demands – in terms of features

and technology Ideas come from:

Customers directly The DHI offices The consultancy departments

Development Drivers

Offices and Agents: Sell COTS to clients

Offices and Consultants: Sell Consultancy Services Sell ”Decision Support Systems”

Challenge/Trends

We are moving from dealing with Single, isolated problems

To Complex, multi-disciplinary issues

Symptoms Data -> Information -> Knowledge -> Decision Reports -> Operational Systems Models -> Information Systems -> Decision

Support Systems

Example: Hydropower DSS

The user: Operates the hydropower facility

The user want a system that:

Provides the predicted revenue from power sales for the next 48 hours, with a given release strategy.

Provides the predicted revenue from power sales for the next 48 hours, with a altered release strategy, power prices and precipitation rate (what if scenarios)

Example: Hydropower

DSS Key Characteristics

Data integration across domains, types and sources

Combines, aggregates, analyses data Presents information useful for decision

making Keywords: Integration – Analysis –

Presentation

Challenges Summary

Dealing with 20 years of history Keeping up with technology Balancing drivers: COTS-Technology-Consultancy Dealing with DSS: Openness and Integration

across product lines

Dealing with all of the above in an organisation with 5 development centres, some of which are more focused on projects

Questions

How do we organize our assets (code), so that we are capable of dealing with all challenges ? What methods should we use ? What is in the ”Kernel” and what is not ? …

Contact Details

Thomas Bech

thb@dhigroup.com

Karl J. Hollenbeck

kjh@dhigroup.com

www.dhigroup.com