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In an environment where infrastructure is shared across several development teams test environment conflict happens when more than one project needs to use test environment resources…
Software releases are the single biggest factor contributing to downtime across all industries. Almost without exception whenever you hear of a high-profile outage with a bank…
Test environment conflict is when two projects or two releases require access to the same testing resources at the same time. For a Test Environment Manager…
When your company conducts a high-risk migration to a new platform or when you are faced with a challenge to preserve uptime on a critical day, you…
Last week wasn’t a good week for the stability of high-profile systems. United airlines had a ground-stop due to an “automation failure”, the New York Stock Exchange suffered…
This post could have also been titled “Questions Release Managers should be Prepared to Answer.” Imagine you report to a VP who is asking you questions…
It’s a “given” in software development – release schedules always slip. Requirements shift, developers underestimate timelines, and quality assurance (QA) finds unexpected defects. Another law of…
I keep coming back to this analogy because it’s the most apt description of what Plutora provides for the Enterprise. We provide the software that you…
Considers Risks When a CIO or a CTO thinks of the applications they support it is almost always in terms of a “portfolio” When a research…
Your organization starts with a simple mode – a single project will have two week “sprints”. Every two weeks you are going to aim for a…
It’s easy to fall into a pattern of dysfunctional releases, release processes that are characterized by delay, inefficiency, and endless meetings that encourage people to view…
Abbott and Costello’s classic baseball routine celebrates 75 years this year. It’s simply timeless comedy that is still just as funny today. When talking with clients…
