Tech Talk: Take Control of Multi-App Releases Before They Become Your Next Bottleneck
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This document discusses challenges with continuous delivery as application complexity increases. It introduces CA Release Automation as a solution for managing complex, multi-application releases across multiple teams. Key features include planning releases, tracking dependencies, creating release tracks, and dashboards for visibility and optimization. The presentation concludes with a demo of CA Release Automation.
Tech Talk: Take Control of Multi-App Releases Before They Become Your Next Bottleneck
- 4. 4 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Continuous Delivery Is a Journey Maturing of Culture, Apps, Processes and Tools for Releasing Apps CONTINUOUS DELIVERY MATURITY Manual Scripting Automated Continuous Optimized BUSINESS VALUE LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 ? Optimized Organization for DevOps *Application release automation view Continuous Improvement End-to-End Connection Consistency and Collaboration Heroes and Heavy Lifting AGILE MATURITY Silos, manual handovers, waterfall, one release/year, monolithic apps, long term project/resource planning, error prone release processes DevOps, end-to-end delivery, incremental agile/sprint release cadence, multi-component micro apps, “on the fly” scrum planning, reliable and continuous releases Where are you? CA Release Automation
- 5. 5 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Continuous Delivery Ecosystem and Workflow Write user stories (requirements) Right data for the right test environment Dev Test QA Prod Continuous integration (Build/Deploy/Test) Continuous Delivery Workflow Build / deployment / promotion dashboard and reports Adaptive, dynamic releases Automated and manual testing/test data Deployment workflow, rollback, pre/post tasks Automated test kick-off, tracking Testing coverage and progress reporting Trigger build and deploy in Dev Runboo k Deployment automation Release and artifact tracking, environment mgmt, baselining Application knowledge Link application to user stories To Do Doing Done ManageAuthorize Trigger release deployment Plan Releases Plan Release Trains Promote Define release workflow, gates and environments Watch progress (tracing, auditing, reporting) Create release package with build /deploy status Get app definition Release Manager Product Owner Business User Scrum Master Enterprise Architect Dev Developers QA Test/QA Deployment Manager Customer Implement components Define app: Components and versions Infra provisioning / environment mgmt / PaaS / containerization / configuration mgmt Agile Central Use app
- 6. 6 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD New Pressure Points on Continuous Delivery Pipeline APPLICATION CONTENT COMPLEXITY § Infusing new releases with customer feedback § Prioritizing the deployment of the right content § Demonstrating implementation against business requirements § Preventing ‘dirty’ content being delivered to production EXPANSION OF TOOLING AND DEPENDENCIES § Open-source, home-grown, third-party commercial tools § Different tools used by different teams THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT ON THE PIPELINE § Many, complex multi-level applications and many independently developed services to plan, track and prioritize § Balancing velocity and quantity of release (managing dependencies and avoiding conflicts) § Quality degradation as velocity and volume grow § Multiple teams on multiple projects on different timelines vying for the same resources World® ’16© 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD6
- 7. 7 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD QA/TEST PRE-PROD PRODUCTIONDEV ZERO-TOUCH DEPLOYMENT Continuous Delivery Dynamic Duo Zero-Touch Deployment + Advanced Release Management Continuous Delivery DashboardOPTIMIZE PIPELINE CA Release Automation CA Release Automation CD Edition PLAN AND MANAGE RELEASES
- 8. 8 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD CA Release Automation Continuous Delivery Edition Agilely Manage Complexity of Cross-Application Releases Release A Release B Release C Manage and monitor multi-application content through the release cycle Continuous Delivery Story 1 Story 2 Story 3 Story 4 Story n § Release and track stories independently or grouped based on business requirements § Map customer feedback to user stories, features and bug fixes moving through the release pipeline § Gain visibility of and reconcile dependencies The next series of headers look great.
- 9. 9 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD CA Release Automation Continuous Delivery Edition Agilely Manage Complexity of Cross-Application Releases § Import applications and set versions for the release § Import release content from planning tools like Agile Central or JIRA § Track user stories, features and bug fixes moving through the release pipeline
- 10. 10 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD CA Release Automation Continuous Delivery Edition Agilely Manage Complexity of Cross-Application Releases § Set application dependencies § Easily identify application deployment tasks with dependencies § Gain visibility of and reconcile dependencies
- 12. 12 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD CA Release Automation Continuous Delivery Edition Multiple Application Releases and Tracks § Create release tracks to manage related releases § Set milestones and dates for greater visibility into release progress § Map milestones to release phases
- 13. 13 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD CA Release Automation Continuous Delivery Edition Multiple Application Releases and Tracks § Create reusable releases § Map phases for releases § Set tasks to move code through pipeline § Create automated or manual tasks RA deployment tasks Rest Tasks Agile Central Jira Service Now Jenkins § Assign owners and key stakeholders
- 14. 14 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD CA Release Automation Continuous Delivery Edition Manage Release Resources § Visibility into release pipeline § Easily identify resource constraints and conflicts § Set maintenance windows § Improve planning by setting release timelines
- 15. 15 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD CA Release Automation Continuous Delivery Edition Track, Report and Analyze Releases for Pipeline Optimization § Dashboard widgets – real time and optimization § Easily identify pipeline bottlenecks – ID and resolve release cycle bottlenecks § Measure release productivity § View pending tasks
- 17. 17 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Orchestrate Continuous Delivery for the Enterprise vSphere CA RELEASE AUTOMATION PROD Note that the logos shown are not all inclusive of supported integrations. § Easy to be implemented and easy to use § Works with any tool or technology (commercial, home grown or on premise) § Supports tools and technologies spanning the continuous delivery pipeline
- 18. 18 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Summary - CA Release Automation CD Edition Value § Efficiently release multi-app, multi-team, composite applications— avoiding conflicts, driving collaboration and increasing visibility § Maintain and even improve quality as the velocity and volume of releases grows § Operationalize the feedback loop by connecting delivered content with business goals § Improve quality across teams by defining and enforcing continuous delivery best practices (while not disrupting tool and technology preferences within teams) § Continuously optimize the continuous delivery pipeline— improving processes and teams § Continue to mature continuous delivery practices Accelerate Deliveries Reduce Errors Manage Complexity Increase Visibility Drive Collaboration Continually Improve
- 20. 20 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Recommended Sessions SESSION # TITLE DATE/TIME DO5T03P Leadership Panel: Continuous Delivery in the Financial Services Industry 11/16/2016 at 04:30 pm DO5T14S Analyst Keynote: Continuous Delivery: Making DevOps Awesome 11/17/2016 at 10:30 am DO5T22S ING Delivers Unprecedented Global Continuous Delivery as a Service 11/17/2016 at 03:00 pm
- 21. 21 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Must See Demos Modernize App Delivery Integrated CD Theater 5 - DOV501P Deliver Test Data Faster Test Data Manager Theater 5 - DOV511P Deliver Better Apps Service Virtualization Theater 5 - DOV507P Orchestrate Your Release Release Automation Theater 5 - DOV513P
- 22. 22 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD DevOps – Continuous Delivery For more information on DevOps – Continuous Delivery, please visit: http://cainc.to/PiTFpu