1Copyright © Serena Software 2015

Mind the GapBridging Dev and Ops with Release Management

Mark Levy, Julian FishSerena Software

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Move Fast Without Breaking Things

HRLEsHighly Regulated Large Enterprises

Speed without riskEnd-to-end

Practitioner specificCollaboration enabled

Enterprise scaled

Supporting allEnterprise methodologies

Enterprise technologiesEnterprise platforms

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Today’s Drive-In Guest Speaker – Julian Fish

Drive-In Guest Speaker

Julian FishDir, Product ManagementSerena Software, Inc.

Drive-In Host

Mark LevyDevOps EvangelistSerena Software, Inc.@deparkojfish@serena.com

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11:32am Wednesday, July 8th 2015

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4:38pm Saturday August 15, 2015

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It works on my machine

We had no idea what was coming

from dev

I don’t need to test it: it’s just a one

line change

We’re always the last to know about

changes

The Gap Between Dev and Ops

If it doesn’t work I can always fix it later: no biggy

The auditors have been here for 6

weeks

The CEO wants it in this morning

We’re within 5% of our Service Level

threshold

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Technology to address the challenges of Release Management

Processes

Serena Deployment Automation

IntegrationPlugins

SourcePlugins

Plan Construct Verify Deploy

Serena Release Control

Forms & Reports

Third PartySolutions

Release TrainRelease Packages

ApprovalsEnvironments

Task ManagementTask Templates

Artifact RepositoryArtifact Deployment / Configuration

Installation & Application Automation

Workflow Automation

Work Center

Serena Solutions

Process Centric

Artifact Centric

Integration Framework

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• Define Release Processes at Enterprise Scale• Integrate all systems using extensible, customizable

integration model• Implement and view deployment paths for “logical”

deployment models• Integrate with Deployment Unit (Artifact) Systems• Integrate with Request (Change and Requirement)

Systems• Plan, Track and Audit artifacts from Development to

Production• Visualize the entire Release Process• Supports Gate and Approval based Processes• Operational Change Management Updates (SNOW /

Remedy etc.)

Serena Release Control

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• Automate Application Deployments• Implement and view deployment pipelines• Integrate with CI build tools• Initiate Infrastructure Provisioning• Integrate with Test Automation• Trace artifacts from Development to Production• Restrict access to Test and Production Environments• Implement Continuous Delivery• Supports Gate and Approval based Deployments• Operational Change Management Updates (SNOW /

Remedy etc.)• Supports industry standards for Application

Deployments

Serena Deployment Automation

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HRLE’s face a greater level of complexity for both process and deployment

One Size Doesn’t Fit All

DEV TEST PROD

Simple “One Application” Release

No DependenciesModern ArchitectureModern Technology

Enterprise Application Release

Multiple DependenciesModern & Legacy ArchitecturesModern & Legacy Technology

DEV TEST

PROD

DEV TEST

APP 1APP 1

APP 2

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Release Train

Plan, Track, Audit and Review all Release Details

Release Package(s)

Contain the deliverables and transports them to the target locationMultiple Packages may be linked together to deliver more content

Task(s)

Define the steps to implement the package

Release Object Model

Environment(s)

Define where objects should be Deployed

DEV TEST PROD

Artifact(s)

Contain the content to be delivered to environments

*.war *.exe

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DEMO

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Move Fast without Breaking Things & Mind the Gap

Greg HughesPresident and CEOSerena Softwareghughes@serena.com+1-650-481-3418

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