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	Pioneer Natural Resources Company Builds a Modern Application combining Two Legacy Applications at Half the Cost and Time

Pioneer Natural Resources Company Builds a Modern Application combining Two Legacy Applications at Half the Cost and Time

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries	Oil & Gas
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization Remote Collaboration
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Pioneer Natural Resources Company faced significant challenges with their existing Exploration & Business Development Submittal application. The original application, built over five years ago using legacy systems, was expensive to maintain and required specialized skills only available through external contractors. Additionally, the company had separate applications for exploration submittals and business development, each with its own database (Oracle and SQL Server), and only one had offline capability. This fragmentation led to inefficiencies and increased costs. To address these issues, Pioneer decided to undertake a modernization project to replace the two separate submittal applications with a single web-based application and a common database. The goal was to create a new Pioneer Submittal application that could be maintained by in-house staff, thereby reducing costs and increasing IT responsiveness. Read More
About Customer	Pioneer Natural Resources Company is an $8 billion natural exploration and production company with operations in the United States, South Africa, and Tunisia. The company is focused on delivering competitive and sustainable results as they responsibly produce oil and natural gas to help meet the world’s energy demands. Their team of business users and geologists rely heavily on Pioneer’s submittal application, which captures exploration, business development opportunities, and submittals for evaluation. The company aims to modernize its IT infrastructure to improve efficiency and reduce costs, while maintaining a high level of data security and user satisfaction. Read More
Solution	Pioneer Natural Resources Company partnered with WaveMaker professional services to modernize their submittal application. Using an Agile development process, WaveMaker worked closely with Pioneer IT and end users to evaluate business requirements. With each iterative release, generally spaced at 2 to 4 weeks, business users had the opportunity to test new functionality and refine their requirements. The new application was designed to be web-based, combining the functionalities of the two previous applications into one. WaveMaker's support for HTML and CSS made it easy to create a visually appealing user interface that met Pioneer’s requested look and feel. The master and subpage architecture of the new application allows each page to exist separately and then be assembled into the larger application, making maintenance less complicated. The new application also includes improved security features, allowing Pioneer personnel to see only the records available in their division and mark records as private. IT could assign permissions based on position, further enhancing data security. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Remote Collaboration

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Pioneer Natural Resources Company faced significant challenges with their existing Exploration & Business Development Submittal application. The original application, built over five years ago using legacy systems, was expensive to maintain and required specialized skills only available through external contractors. Additionally, the company had separate applications for exploration submittals and business development, each with its own database (Oracle and SQL Server), and only one had offline capability. This fragmentation led to inefficiencies and increased costs. To address these issues, Pioneer decided to undertake a modernization project to replace the two separate submittal applications with a single web-based application and a common database. The goal was to create a new Pioneer Submittal application that could be maintained by in-house staff, thereby reducing costs and increasing IT responsiveness.

About Customer

Pioneer Natural Resources Company is an $8 billion natural exploration and production company with operations in the United States, South Africa, and Tunisia. The company is focused on delivering competitive and sustainable results as they responsibly produce oil and natural gas to help meet the world’s energy demands. Their team of business users and geologists rely heavily on Pioneer’s submittal application, which captures exploration, business development opportunities, and submittals for evaluation. The company aims to modernize its IT infrastructure to improve efficiency and reduce costs, while maintaining a high level of data security and user satisfaction.

Solution

Pioneer Natural Resources Company partnered with WaveMaker professional services to modernize their submittal application. Using an Agile development process, WaveMaker worked closely with Pioneer IT and end users to evaluate business requirements. With each iterative release, generally spaced at 2 to 4 weeks, business users had the opportunity to test new functionality and refine their requirements. The new application was designed to be web-based, combining the functionalities of the two previous applications into one. WaveMaker's support for HTML and CSS made it easy to create a visually appealing user interface that met Pioneer’s requested look and feel. The master and subpage architecture of the new application allows each page to exist separately and then be assembled into the larger application, making maintenance less complicated. The new application also includes improved security features, allowing Pioneer personnel to see only the records available in their division and mark records as private. IT could assign permissions based on position, further enhancing data security.

Impact #1	Better business communication: WaveMaker worked closely with Pioneer IT and end users to evaluate business requirements. With each iterative release, business users had an opportunity to test new functionality and refine their requirements.
Impact #2	Higher productivity: By working closely with business users, WaveMaker was able to optimize the usability based on extensive user feedback.
Impact #3	Improved security: Pioneer personnel can now only see the records available in their division. Individuals can mark records as private, and IT could assign permissions based on position.

Impact #1

Better business communication: WaveMaker worked closely with Pioneer IT and end users to evaluate business requirements. With each iterative release, business users had an opportunity to test new functionality and refine their requirements.

Impact #2

Higher productivity: By working closely with business users, WaveMaker was able to optimize the usability based on extensive user feedback.

Impact #3

Improved security: Pioneer personnel can now only see the records available in their division. Individuals can mark records as private, and IT could assign permissions based on position.

Benefit #1	The new application comprises 15 web pages and includes complex search with 14 search criteria.
Benefit #2	The application uses 18 custom database queries, 14 active directory roles, and 4 Java services.
Benefit #3	Users can upload Excel spreadsheets to the application and generate PDF report output using MS Report server.

Benefit #1

The new application comprises 15 web pages and includes complex search with 14 search criteria.

Benefit #2

The application uses 18 custom database queries, 14 active directory roles, and 4 Java services.

Benefit #3

Users can upload Excel spreadsheets to the application and generate PDF report output using MS Report server.

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Pioneer Natural Resources Company Builds a Modern Application combining Two Legacy Applications at Half the Cost and Time

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