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Build Forge Market Overview
Sundeep Goel
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Build and Release Management –
Joining the Mainstream of Software Development
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One of the least structured but most essential processes in the lifecycle
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A critical link between what development creates and what ultimately gets
delivered to customers
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Unlike other development phases, there has been sparse collaboration or
published best practices in this area
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However,
And
awareness
environment
is growing…
is changing …
 Changing development paradigms such as Agile
“Software build management increasingly impacts successful software deployments,
business
and IT productivity
and is becoming
a focus
for IT organizations.
 Continuing
push for faster,
more frequent
application
releases ” - IDC
 inability
Governance
and Compliance
concerns
“The
to produce
consistent, accurate,
and repeatable software builds creates
a
significant
bottleneck
thatand
makes
development teams ill prepared to
Global development
distribution of
resources
development
manage project complexities without adding additional resources.”
- Hurwitz
“Changing development practices and new compliance requirements have turned a
spotlight on a long-neglected development life-cycle activity: build.”
- Forrester
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Typical deployment cycle roles
Why I am I
always the
last to know
that the
build broke?
I wish I knew
immediately when
a build breaks and
could restart it
from there!!
Developer
Hello! I need to get
some testing done!!!
Build Engineer
Deployer
Manually configure the server,
the test framework and deploy
the build… what environments on
how many servers?
Source
Code
Repository
Source
Build
+ Scripts
=
Tester
Test
Environment
Build
Results
Deploy
Package
Production
Environment
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Silos between Groups
 No shared processes,
artifacts or controls
 “Over the wall”
communication
 Difficulty tracking and
testing status of multiple
builds
Develop
Build
Test
Implement
& Iterate
Build
& Stage
Test
& Validate
Software)
Development
Assets
Build
Assets
Test
Assets
Test
Environment
 Minimal reuse
 Labor intensive
 Error prone handoffs
Deploy
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2 Minute Drill – What is Build Forge?
 Manages the “assembly” phase of the development lifecycle
Build and release process management
The part of the lifecycle between coding (source control) and deployment (Tivoli)
This segment of the lifecycle is very immature today! (home grown scripts)
 Build Forge is a process execution framework
Automates the process of creating a deployable application from source artifacts
Eliminates manual handoffs between code, build, test, and deploy teams
Self documenting system
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System Overview
BUILD/RELEASE AUTOMATION FRAMEWORK
Management Console
IDE Plug-Ins
Centralized Web-based, Collaborative Distributed Access, Role-Based Security
Developer Self-Service, Role-Based Security
Control
Acceleration
Server Mgmt
Notification
Scheduling
Log Analysis
Tracking
Reporting
Process Automation
Automated, Repeatable Application Development Lifecycle
Development
Source
Control
Product
Build
Scripting
IDEs
• RAD
• Eclipse
• Visual .NET
Platforms
Quality
Assurance
Package
Release
Python, VBscript, Batch, Perl, KSH
Languages
• Java
•C
• C++
• C#
• etc.
Source Control
• ClearCase
• StarTeam
• Perforce
• CVS
• PVCS
• VSS
• Synergy
• Subversion
• etc.
Change Mgmt
• ClearQuest
• Remedy
• ChangeMan
• DevTrack
• Bugzilla
• etc.
Build Tools
• ClearMake
• Ant
• NAnt
• Make
• GNUMake
• NMake
• Open Source
• etc.
UNIX, Windows Mac, Linux, Proprietary
Test Tools
• TestManager
• Performance
• Functional
• Robot
• LoadRunner
• TestDirector
• WinRunner
• Junit
• etc.
Release Tools
• Tivoli
• WebSphere
• WebLogic
• WIS
• etc.
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How Build Forge Works
ACCESS
EXECUTE
IMPLEMENT
Build Forge
Management Console
Build Forge
Server
Build Forge
Agents
Source Control
Windows
Build Forge Engine
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3 Tier Architecture
Centrally Managed
Orchestrates Build Forge Tasks
Linux
HP-UX
AIX
Build Systems
Server Pool
Manage Users
Configure Resources
Set up Build Projects and Steps
Schedule Builds and View Status
Troubleshoot Build Issues
Reporting & Analysis
Build Forge
IDE Plug-in
Solaris
Build Forge Database
Oracle
MySQL
SQL Server
Sybase
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Projects and Steps
Server Configurations
Environment Configurations
User/Permission Information
Build Statistics
System Master Log
AIX
Windows
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Windows
HP-UX
AIX
Mac
HP-UX
AIX
Mac
Quality Assurance
•
Developer Self Service
Source Code
Repositories
Test Suites
Deployment
Tools
SCM
Applications
Integration
• Command Line
• Adaptors
• API
Windows
Solaris
Linux
Agents
• Real Time Environment Configuration
• Execute Project Steps
• Return Output / Logs to Mgmt Server
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The Complete Software Delivery Platform
IBM Rational Application
Developer
Developer
IBM Rational
Build Forge
IBM Tivoli Provisioning
Manager
Build Engineer
Deployer
Build
Records
Source
Build
Results
Deployment
Unit
Deployment
Records
Tester
Analyst
Test
Results
IBM Rational
RequisitePro
Business
Policies/Goals
Requirements
Test
Cases
IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest
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ClearQuest
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Build Forge Value Drivers
Customer results: reduced cost, improved quality, faster delivery,
better compliance
Reduced cost of
software delivery
Through standardized processes, team efficiency,
effective asset leverage and hardware usage
Increased quality
of releases
Delivered through reliable, repeatable processes and
rapid error detection
Decreased overall
time to market
Through more frequent, iterative development cycles
linking development to production
Compliance &
Governance
By providing traceability and auditability of your release
process
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Compliance
Development
Application
Operations
Where these
Tests
Of this
Executable
This
Produced these
Release
Test Results
System
Implemented these
on this
Requirements
Which required these
Environment
Changes
In this
Implemented with this
Source
Code
Approval
Built using these
Approved by
Which deployed these
Build Scripts
Build
Artifacts
Deployment
Artifacts
Business value: traceability and consistency drives
reproducibility
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Governance
Code
Code
Build
Build
Design
Deploy
Business value: consistent processes drive IT efficiency
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Customers
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Who Uses Rational Build Forge
Open View
Laser
Jet
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Rational Case Study
Environment
“Build Forge helped us improve our turnaround times, quality and
overall process by giving us a continuous integration system that
allows us to notify developers of project status”
Problem
 47 Active
Projects /
Products – 3
Locations
 Release Team is
bottleneck. No
developer
capabilities
 8 Platforms, 124
Build Machines
 Serial and
manual work
effort
 Rational
Products
 Windows, All
Unix Flavors
 24 Hour “Suite”
Build, 14 Hour
Product Build
Solution
 Implemented
Developer selfservice in 3 mos.
 “Suite” and point
product builds
reduced to 3 hours
 Parallel processes
implemented.
 Automated
packaging
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Siemens Medical Case Study
“We were interested to adopt Agile Development, but were limited by an
inflexible, non-standard build process. Each team did their own thing,
and there were multiple points of failure on each project.”
Environment
Problem
Solution
 1000+ users
 No standards
 Build machines
around the world
(US, EMEA, India)
 No global access
 # of build cycles
increased 3X
 Multiple points of
failure
 Build times
reduced by 65%
 Continuous unit
testing (Cactus
and Junit)
 Low developer
productivity
 Secure developer
self-service
established
 ClearCase,
ClearQuest,
Test Director
 No continuous
integration
 $6M savings over
3 years
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MetLife Case Study
“Build Forge has allowed us to formalize our process and put in
place controls to enforce the process through automation that has
also streamlined our entire application delivery environment.”
Environment
 Several hundred
developers;
outsourced
script dev
 Customer-facing
web application
development
 Java; Make
 StarTeam
 Windows, Linux,
All Unix Flavors
Problem
 Failed internal
audit in prep for
SarBox audit
 Could not
reproduce
production app
 Inability to
document
deployment
process
Solution
 Build Forge projects
implement
repeatable
deployment process
 Automation has
introduced
consistency and
speed to the
process
 Self-documenting
builds provide
reliable audit tool
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Electronic Arts Case Study
“The environment necessary for a successful build is very complex, and
is different for every product. This information must be carefully
maintained and consistently used.”
Environment
Problem
 500 Developers –
30 CM’s
 No centralized
release mgmt.
 20 Products
 Underutilized
server farm
 C++, .NET, Perl,
Python
 Perforce,
DevTrack
 Windows, Xbox,
Playstation
 60,000+ graphic
files built daily
that take 30
minutes to 60
hours
Solution
 Build times
reduced by as
much as 20X. from
60 to 3 hours.
 Machine usage
improving –
reduced HW buys.
 Management has
new intelligence
with dashboards.
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Build Forge ROI Facts
Hurwitz ROI Study, 2005
Benefit
Average
Improvement
Highest Improvement
Speeds of Builds and Releases
110%
500-2,000 % (5X-20X)
CM/Build Team Productivity
42%
90% or greater
Release Frequency
40%
90% or greater
Error Reduction
30%
70-80%
Developer Productivity
28%
81-90%
Development Cost Savings
25%
50-70%
General Example: Three year savings $11,287,500 using above Averages
Productivity
Average
Improvement
Build Forge
Users
Average Cost Per
Headcount
Annual Productivity
Savings
CM/Build Team
42%
5
$125,000
$262,500
Developers
28%
100
$125,000
$3,500,000
Total Quantified
Annual Savings
$3,762,500
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Rational Build Forge – Driving Customer Value
“We were able to improve from 18 builds per week to over 360 builds
per week! Across 50 other projects, that will save us millions
annually!” -- Adobe
Customer results: higher productivity, improved quality, faster delivery,
reduced cost
 Higher productivity/Reduced cost – typical payback in less than 6
months, millions saved annually.
 Increased quality of products delivered through reliable, repeatable
processes and rapid error detection – as much as 70% improvement.
 Faster software delivery through more frequent, iterative development
cycles. As much as 3 to 20 times faster.
 Better compliance and governance with integrated audit trails,
traceability, and IT controls for each release
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Questions
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