The IT community is constantly searching for ways to deliver on the increasing demand for faster business innovation at lower costs. Agile development processes seem to have taken over as the dominant means of IT delivery, but the reality is far more complex. The...
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Top 3 Trends in Software Development
The reality of modern software development and delivery mean a few things. 1. Software projects are increasingly agile The term “Agile” is often overused, what does it mean in the context of release management? While “Agile” is a development process, it can also...
Digital Transformation: Become a Technology Powerhouse
Software is eating the world. As companies move forward, they must adjust their business practices by automating manual processes with intelligent software solutions. Classic companies such as bookstores, taxi services, and hotels are now led by software technology...
Bridge the Gap Between Development and Operations (DevOps)
Development teams are “proactive.” Developers create software systems, and they often have an entirely different model of business from the Operations teams. These groups have a wide variation in both process and approach to software releases. Some development groups...
Everyone Enjoys the Benefits of Release Management
Large organizations engaged in enterprise-wide release management seldom have a single “enterprise release manager.” Instead of a single, “enterprise-wide” responsibility, most large, decentralized organizations assign responsibility for more strategic, release...
How to Achieve Data-Driven Software Delivery
Enterprise software development has undergone a dramatic transformation in the last decade as most companies have transitioned to more iterative, Agile approaches to software delivery. This overall acceleration of the software development effort has been focused...
Top 3 Software Delivery Challenges that Release Management Solves
Three characteristics drive the need to establish a single system of record. They are all related to the complications that accompany scale. Gaps between Teams Companies that benefit most from Release Management are large enterprises consisting of multiple...
What is Release Management?
‘Release Management is the management of the software delivery lifecycle across multiple projects and departments within a large organization. It is the orchestration of activities and resources across multiple, interdependent software releases and changes...
Plutora joins the prestigious Inc. 5000 for first time in 2018
The past few weeks have been filled with recognition and accolades for the Plutora team and the hard work they have put in to developing the platform. From being awarded a top three vendor designation in the EMA DevOps 2020 for release management, to our inclusion in...
Value Stream Management in a Software Driven World
The Future is Software Software is the competitive differentiator driving every business, in every sector, in one way or another. Every enterprise must evolve its software development and delivery processes in order to compete in this new world, or face the prospect...
Plutora grabs Top 3 Award for release management
Today we are happy to announce that Plutora has earned the EMA DevOps Top 3 Award for Release Management. Full findings and details are available in the recently delivered EMA DevOps 2020 report. What is the DevOps 2020 report? Enterprise Management Associates (EMA)...
6 Secrets to Effective End User Testing
More than a checkbox at the end of the project – end user testing can be invaluable for the success of your project. End user testing involves a subject matter expert from business operations to help the project team determine two things: Is the release ready for...