Release management whiteboard

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Release management whiteboard presentationKevin Parker, Futurist


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At the center of everything is …

Release ManagementDev Ops

Biz

Compliance


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It does not limit releases, but enables them


Biz

Compliance


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Release management needs


Biz

Compliance

Plan Automate

Control

Engage

PACE

PACE


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Release management is complex


Biz

Compliance

Plan Automate

Control

Engage

PACE

Mainframe

Mobile

Waterfall

Agile

Notifications Approvals

Audit Trail Reporting


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Solutions should be simple but not simplistic


Biz

Compliance

Plan Automate

Control

Engage

PACE


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Solutions should be simple but not simplistic

Dev Ops

Biz

Compliance

SharedCalendar

Collab-orative

ProcessCentric

PlatformIndependent

ITIL/DevOpsFriendly

ProvenOpen XML-based3rd Party Integration

AutomatedDeployments


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Are you ready for the PACE of Release?

PlanAutomateControlEngage

PACEThank you

For more informationplease contact

kevin@biztechfuturist

www.BizTechFuturist.com


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This first appeared here

http://bit.ly/RM10Myths (case sensitive URL)

Bonus slides


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10 myths about Release Management

10: One process fits all

Dev Test Appr DeploySuppor

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Our unified, single-version-of-the-truth, immutable and only approved SDLC milestones!

Dev Test Dev Test Dev Test Dev Test DeployAppr Dev Test Dev Test DeployAppr

Except for our Agile teams …

Dev Test Appr

And emergency fixes …

Dev Test Appr

And our mainframe team …

Test ApprTest Appr DeployDeploy

Myth

Need


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9: You need just one repository

Windows Web

Unix

Mainframe

iOS

Android

IDE

Mainframe

Intel Servers

Cloud

Windows

Web

Mainframe

iOS

IDE

Mainframe

Intel Servers

Cloud

Portal

SingleRepository

Federated RepositorySingle “virtual” repository

Myth

Need


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8: One solution: one vendor

Myth

Truth

Architect Design Develop Test Build Package Deploy Manage

Data

Best-in-Class

Architect

Data

Architect Design

Data

Dev

Data

Test

Test

Data

Build

Data Data

Package Deploy Manage

Lots of solutions from lots of vendors loosely integrated and none of them best-in-class

Need

Common, process-based, integration framework

Best-in-Class

DesignBest-in-Class

DevelopBest-in-Class

TestBest-in-Class

PackageBest-in-Class

DeployBest-in-Class

Manage

Data Data Data Data Data Data Data

Best-in-Class solutions working together in support of the customer’s process


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7: Project status meetings are essential

Myth

Truth

Need

X X =$

X X =$X X

=$XX

XX


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CodeReqts


6: Release Management is just about deploying code

Myth

Truth

Need

Dev Test Appr Deploy SupportEXE EXE EXE EXE

Concept Design Integ.

Test

Impact Analysi

s

Support

Fund

DevUse

r Test

Package

Define

Unit Test

Release

Control

Deploy

Release Management starts when you give the release a name

Concept Design Integ.

Test

Impact Analysi

s

Support

Fund

DevUse

r Test

Package

Define

Unit Test

Release

Control

Deploy

Release Management is about all project artifacts

Project Code Code

TestBuilds

Install

Approvals Automation

Pre-Prod plan Monitoring


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Emergency path

Config change

EXE EXE EXE

EXE EXE

EXE EXE

EXEEXE

EXE

EXE

EXE

EXE

EXE EXE


5: Not every change needs to go through the release process

Myth

Truth

Need

Dev Test Appr DeploySuppor

tEXE EXE EXE EXE

There is one process

DevSuppor

t

EXE EXE EXE EXE

There are many processes

EXE EXE EXE

EXE EXEDeploy

EXE

ApprTest

EXE

EXE

EXE

EXE EXE

Overall process control with individual process paths managed by context

DeployApprTestDevSuppor

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4: Release management systems will delay my project deployment

Myth

Truth

Need

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Without controls, visibility and compliance release management is chaotic and risky

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Control increases the volume of traffic, makes releasing predictable and safe

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3: We can’t make our releases any smaller

Myth

Truth

Need

We break the dependenciesWe deliver soonerWe reduce risk

We eat the elephant … one bite at a time

More releases, fewer risks, less complexity, easier dependencies


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AprMay

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar


2: The business wants us to change things less frequently

Myth

Truth

Need

Q2 Release Q3 Release Q4 Release Q1 Release

!! !! !! !!Business likes a regular cadence of quarterly releases if they can get a rare quick-fix in sooner

Q2 Release Q3 Release Q4 Release Q1 Release

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Releases miss their dates so emergency changes are the new normal! !! !! !!! !! !! !! ! !! !!

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Request-to-release correspondence and monthly releases of fixes – invert the model

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1: Developers don’t need to give up \root access to production servers

Myth

Truth

Need

ProdStandard controlled processDev

Prod OpsMy process

Dev His process

No process

Old processAuditCISO

Old employee!

My processDevHis process

No process

Old process

Old employee!

Rele

ase

Vault

The process Prod

OpsAudit

CISO

Ops

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