This document summarizes a case study on the total economic impact of using CA Release Automation. It finds that organizations can achieve a 389% return on investment and payback period of just 2.8 months. Key benefits included reducing production errors by 98%, deployment time by 20x, and downtime costs by $12.96 million per year. Interviews found that CA Release Automation helps organizations manage complex frameworks and removes hero dependencies in release processes.

1. The Forrester Total Economic Impact™
of CA Release Automation
NPV
$
8.44M
payback
2.8
months
Summary of Benefits
$
12,960,000per year
Revenue impact benefit from
reduced downtime
The TEI study
quantified specific
benefits, costs, and
metrics that matter
to customers.
Breakdown of Benefits
ROI
389%
98%
This document is an abridged version of a case study commissioned by CA titled: The Total Economic Impact Of CA Release Automation, December 2015.
The full study, including a complete list of disclosures, can be found at http://po.st/TEIra
Reduction in
production errors
Reduction in time to
deploy releases
20x
I know we have a complicated
framework - we have different
components with different
functionalities on different
applications. But dealing with
complicated frameworks is where
CA Release Automation is really
strong.
-Major telecommunications provider
With automation, the
knowledge of that person is
in the system. The process
itself is improved. With these
simple processes, there is no
dependency on heroes.
-Multinational banking and
financial institution
Voice of the Customer
0
2
4
6
8
10
Millions
(3-yearanalysis)
Benefits
$10.6M
Costs
$2.2M
Through customer interviews and data
aggregation, Forrester concluded that
CA Release Automation has the following
financial impact:
Agile and continuous delivery
can be nothing but a journey.
You are never done; you are
constantly moving the needle.
There is always something
you can do. Through it all, the
CA Release Automation tool
is relatively bulletproof.
-Fortune 100 financial services firm
Productivity savings - developers,
testers ($7M)
IT operations headcount
avoidance (($1.7M)
Configuration headcount
savings ($1.2M)
Faster error recovery ($662K)
Implementation ($318K)
Licenses ($695K)
Management ($1M)
Prof. services ($121K)
Hardware/software ($10K)
Improving Release Quality and Enabling Faster Deployment in
Complex Enterprise Environments