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The Do’s and Don’ts of Mainframe ModernizationImprove Application Development and Delivery with DevOps
Robert Stroud, Principal Analyst, Forrester ConsultingReid Boddie, Field Technical Support Director, CompuwareMarch 28, 2017
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Reid BoddieField Technical Support Director
Compuware
Robert StroudPrincipal Analyst
Forrester Consulting
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Improve Application Development And Delivery With DevOps
Robert E Stroud CGEIT CRISCPrincipal Analyst, Forrester Research
March 2017
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It can’t come without quality.
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Not speed at the expense of quality, but …
Speed with quality
Not completion of work, but …
Creation of value
Not speed of current project, but ...
Cumulative speed of current and future
projects
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Do Keep the Mainframe! Don’t Get Off!
Mainframe “Still” Going Strong
“Do you use a mainframe today?” “In the next two years, will you be increasing or decreasing your use of a mainframe?”
Source: Forrester's Global Business Technographics Infrastructure Survey, 2016Base: 1065 and 513 Infrastructure technology decision-makers
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Systems of Engagement Dependent on Mainframe
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The World Runs on Mainframes
Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Compuware, October 2016
Base: 182 US and EU IT, I&O and App Dev professionals at the director level and above responsible for application development teams
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Mainframe Development Poses Challenges
Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Compuware, October 2016
Base: 182 US and EU IT, I&O and App Dev professionals at the director level and above responsible for application development teams
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90% Experience Challenges
Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Compuware, October 2016
Base: 182 US and EU IT, I&O and App Dev professionals at the director level and above responsible for application development teams
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Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Compuware, October 2016
Base: 182 US and EU IT, I&O and App Dev professionals at the director level and above responsible for application development teams
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Development Teams Driving Velocity—Ops Teams …
Source: Forrester Upcoming report: ”The Need For Speed: Drive Velocity And Quality With DevOps”
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DevOps Heat Varies by Industry and Application Type
Source: Forrester’s Business Technographics® Global Developer Survey, 2015, Forrester’s Business Technographics Global Infrastructure Survey, 2015 and Q4 2014 Global Modern Service Delivery Benchmark Online Survey
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Benefits of Adopting DevOps
Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Compuware, October 2016
Base: 182 US and EU IT, I&O and App Dev professionals at the director level and above responsible for application development teams
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DevOps in Practice
Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Compuware, October 2016
Base: 182 US and EU IT, I&O and App Dev professionals at the director level and above responsible for application development teams
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Do’s for Getting Started with DevOps› Do use modern IDE
• Modern development practices• Static code analysis • Integrated debugging
› Do implement Agile• Smaller incremental change
› Do leverage test automation• Simulate production systems and services in test environments
› Do employ CI/CD• Build, integrate and test code as delivered to source repository• Automate movement of release packages across environments, including production
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Fractured Ecosystem
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Primary Customer Challenges in Achieving Mainframe DevOps
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Example DevOps-enabled Toolchain
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Topaz for Program Analysis
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Topaz for Total Test
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ISPW
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Key Takeaways
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Q&A
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