1. Serena Software
Introducing Release Management
SERENA SOFTWARE INC.
Nov
2010

2. Demand
Focusing on Release Management:
The Wall between Dev & Ops
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Develop Deploy
Exec
Staff
Customer
Operations
Release
Manager
Sys
Admin
Developer
QA
Build
Engineer
Developer
Scrum
Master
Build
EngineerBusiness
Analyst
CCB
PMO CIO
DEVELOPMENT
TEAM
DEVELOPMENT
TEAM
LEADERSHIP
CTO

3. Demand
Dev/Ops Issues
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Develop Deploy
Exec
Staff
Customer
Operations
Release
Manager
Sys
Admin
Developer
QA
Build
Engineer
Developer
Scrum
Master
Build
EngineerBusiness
Analyst
CCB
PMO CIO
DEVELOPMENT
TEAM
DEVELOPMENT
TEAM
LEADERSHIP
CTO
Agile Dev Increases Release Cadence
• Manual and complex release process
• Limited resources
Communication Issues
• Untimely information to stakeholders
• Ad-hoc and inefficient meetings
Release Failures
• Planned and unplanned downtime
• Fix-forward or back-out issues
Unceasing Audits
• Time consuming audits
• Manual steps and home-grown scripts

4. Serena Release Management
Release
Control
• Release Planning
• Release Calendar
• Release Tracking
• Release
Approvals
Release
Vault
• Gold Repository
• Automated Rollback
• Production
• Pre-production
• Version Control
Release
Automation
• Replace Scripts
• Across Environments
• Across Application
Tiers
• Task Audit Trail
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5. Serena Release Management: Deployment Agility
Reduce Release Failures with One-Click Deploy
Streamline Audits with Start-to-Finish Traceability
Confidently Deliver Software with End-to-End Visibility
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