SeaSPIN - Getting to One-Button Deploy using Kanban September 6, 2011

SeaSPIN - Sept 6
http://seaspin.org
Free and Open to the Software Engineering & IT Community
SolutionsIQ. 10785 Willows Rd NE, Suite 250, Redmond, WA
Plenty of Free Parking!!

Food & networking from 5:45 to 6:15 (pizza, salad, soda )
Announcements from 6:15 to 6:30
Presentation from 6:30 to 7:45
Q & A from 7:45 to 8:15
Doors close at 8:30

Getting to One-Button Deploy using Kanban
by Dominica DeGrandis, David J Anderson & Associates

This presentation recounts the story of the evolution of the Corbis codebase, build and deployment approach and how Kanban affected the culture that led to significant improvements. It’s interesting because of the unintentional consequences the Configuration Management (Devops) team enjoyed being on the periphery of the development team implementing Kanban.
•The transition from manually triggered builds to Continuous Integration.
•The case for doing away with the three day post production freeze.
•Codeline strategy - going from 6 branches to 2 branches.
•Weekend and holiday work reduced
•Dude, It’s really not a configuration issue – How transparency changed mindsets.
•So – just when can we upgrade SQLServer on the DB servers?
•From constant trouble shooting to actually having time to make improvements.
Bio
Dominica is an associate with David J. Anderson & Associates specializing in Kanban for IT Operations and DevOps. She spent her first 15 years in software engineering deeply embedded in Development teams performing builds, deployments and environment maintenance. Adept at leading teams preforming Configuration Management and Release Management, Dominica found a passion for improving the way development and operations teams work together. Committed to doing the right thing, she studies sustainability in business, community, and global social matters. Dominica holds a BS in Information Computer Sciences from the University of Hawaii.