Labels:text | screenshot OCR: WHAT USERS WANT IN A REPOSITORY The lack of interoperability between multivendor development tools remains a glaring problem for IS shops today. According to a 1995 SMR survey, 57% of IS managers feel the current level of tool integration is a roadblock to team-based development. And, while they acknowledge that repositories may provide a way to further tool interoperability, 34% complain- ed that repository technology is "incomplete." Standard APIS 4.73 What features do IT purchasers want to see in their repository software? Standard APIs were deemed Version control 4.65 Integration/ most important, flanked closely by version interoperability 4.56 support control capabilities and, of course, support for Ad hoc reporting 4.51 tool interoperability. Extensibility 4.23 Metadata administration 1.00 m 4 5 6 Not Important Very Important SOURCE: SENTRY MARKET RESEARCH, 1995
