Deployment And Change Management

Owen Winkler Rock River Star rock river star.com owenw.com @ringmaster

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Deployment
Why Bother?
Where are the problems?
Strategies and tools for deployment
Change Management
Why Bother?
What is the process?
Tools for Change Management

Deployment?
Delivering a set of changes from a working environment to the client’s production environment.
Often involves staging for approval

Why Bother?
Controlling damage
Developing privately
Minimizing small changes
Opportunity to test changes
Validate changes with client
Embraces source control

Challenges of Deployment
Moving code, files, and data
Different server environments
Different database accounts

Working and Staging Environments
Personal development workspace
Collaboration
Tools
apache
mysql
xampp/mampp
svn
TortoiseSVN/Versions

Deployment Process

Basic Tools

Deployment Tools

Deploying Changes

Typical Change Process

Minimizing Deployment Pain

Change Management?
A formalized process for implementing changes

Why Bother?
Reduces rework
Delivers what the client wants
Enables better estimates
Sets clear expectations
Work is well-defined
Developers know what needs done
Scope creep introduced is documented (and billable!)
What you’ve done is documented

Development Methodologies
Agile
Cleanroom
DSDM
Iterative
RAD
RUP
Spiral
Waterfall
XP
Scrum
V-Model

Change Management Process

Can you please Elaborate?
Elaborate: Exactly define what’s going to happen
Express the need for change
Address the need
Development approach
Understanding impact
Setting expectations for implementation
Involves both the client and the developer

Barriers to Making Change Management Work
We have a process
Lack of team commitment
Client push-back
A formal process is time consuming

Tools for Change Management

Deployment And Change Management

by Owen Winkler

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