CloudBees, during an online event today, officially launched the first two modules of what will become a portfolio of software delivery management (SDM) tools delivered via the cloud. The first two modules have been previewed for the last year, now are generally available. The first is the CloudBees Engineering Efficiency module, which provides a system […]
DevOps Chat: ASG State of Software Delivery Management Report
Accelerated Strategies Group has just delivered its “State of Software Delivery Management Report,” commissioned by CloudBees. In this DevOps Chat, we speak with Mitchell Ashley, CEO, founder of ASG, about the report and why it is important for everyone managing software delivery today. As usual, the streaming audio is immediately below, followed by the transcript […]
State of Software Delivery Management Report 2020
Accelerated Strategies Group conducted the State of Software Delivery Management 2020, surveying software delivery practitioners and key industry leaders to assess the current state of software delivery management (SDM) and examine the impact of SDM adoption as a capability. The primary research, commissioned by CloudBees, was published on Tuesday, July 21. The State of Software […]
SDM and the DevOps Delusion of Connected Organizations
How Software Delivery Management Clears Up the Confusion of Embracing and Implementing DevOps Since the term was coined back in 2009, it wouldn’t be a stretch to describe DevOps as an impactful if not tectonic shift in software development and delivery in the past two decades. The move to implement DevOps has encouraged, among other […]
Pinpoint Dives Deeper into Software Delivery Analytics
Pinpoint has extended its platform for managing software delivery to include the ability to analyze historical events to facility team reviews as well as more accurately predict where bottlenecks are likely to emerge based on the past performance of the DevOps team. Company CEO Jeff Haynie said the company’s namesake software is employed today mainly […]
Software Development Management Drives Business Value
How much business value does your software group generate for your organization? That’s the existential question an international corporation’s software leader poses, kicking off the 2017 book “The Business Value of Software.” It’s also a topic we’ve all likely wrestled with from time to time. It’s the essence of the value we personally bring to […]
How SDM’s Holistic Approach Connects Organizations and Streamlines Delivery Processes
Since Jez Humble and David Farley popularized the term in 2010, continuous delivery has revolutionized software delivery practices. Creating mature continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines has helped enterprises deliver software that performs better, based on a long list of metrics. Failure rates have dropped from 50% to under 15%, and cycle times are measured in […]
Software Delivery Management: New Mindset
Innovation and mindset can take a while to evolve. It was the case with social media, wireless communications and the Internet of Things. Software delivery is a good example of a concept that’s ready to stand on its own. As software becomes more integral to companies and to society at large, the way it’s designed, […]
Whitepaper – Continuous Everything: Why Software Delivery Management Matters
Software Delivery Management breaks down silos, providing visibility across an organization into the software development lifecycle. It relies on four foundational pillars: Common Data Universal Insights Common Connected Processes All Functions Collaborating These pillars support a unified system of record in which all functions can enjoy continuous insights and feedback, resulting in faster software delivery and positive impact on […]
How CloudBees Makes Software Delivery Management Possible
Editor’s Note: This is the third blog in a series about Software Delivery Management written by Shawn Ahmed, CloudBees vice president of product marketing. Today, I’m so excited to announce CloudBees’ entry into the Software Delivery Management (SDM) market with our solution for SDM. It’s been a long time coming, in which CloudBees has reimagined how we could […]