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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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