Drawing on 15 years of experience helping companies develop Agile, responsive delivery systems, Compuware DevOps Solution Architect Rick Slade discusses a different aspect of modern software delivery each week.

Building a Better Software Delivery Platform

BMC DevOps Solution Architect Rick Slade gives an overview of our new series, "Building a Better Software Delivery Platform," and discusses some key characteristics of such a platform, including a modern IDE, Agile techniques, automation, security, and more.

Chapter 1: Key Characteristics of a Modern Enterprise Software Delivery Platform

Compuware Vice President of Product Engineering David Rizzo joins DevOps Solution Architect Rick Slade to discuss Compuware's approach to software delivery system architecture.

Chapter 2: Modern Enterprise Software Delivery System Architecture

BMC DevOps Solution Architect Rick Slade discusses planning a new software delivery system (SDS), executing your plan and monitoring and measuring your SDS once it's in place.

Chapter 3:  Managing Software Delivery Platform Evolution

DevOps Architect Rick Slade discusses the first steps to modernizing your software delivery system, including implementation of tools, assignment of a product owner and SDS team, and choosing a starting project.

Chapter 4: Getting Started With Your Software Delivery System Modernization Project

Senior Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm joins DevOps Architect Rick Slade to discuss the critical role of the SCM in building a modern, Agile software delivery system.

Chapter 5: Source Control For Agile Software Delivery I

DevOps Architect Rick Slade continues his look at the role of software configuration management in a modern software delivery system. Rick is joined by the Director of Compuware Migration Services Team, Francois Dansereau, to discuss the steps involved in migrating to a new SCM.

Chapter 6: Source Control For Agile Software Delivery II

DevOps Architect Rick Slade is joined by Group Product Manager Steve Kansa to discuss the role of the integrated development environment in the modern software delivery system.

Chapter 7: A Modern IDE

DevOps Architect Rick Slade discusses tools for testing and impact analysis, the tactical and strategic benefits of this technology, and the differences between program understanding and application understanding.

Chapter 8: Better Code Understanding and Analysis

Rick Slade welcomes SonarSource Vice President of Marketing Nicolas Bontoux to discuss code quality and how SonarQube, SonarLint and SonarCloud help developers ensure the quality and security of their code.

Chapter 9: Code Quality And Security

In the first of a two-part series, Rick Slade talks with Topaz for Total Test Product Manager Steen Brahe about the different types of automated testing and how the practice is crucial for Agile development.

Chapter 10: Modern Testing I

BMC AMI DevX Data Studio (formerly Topaz for Enterprise Data) Product Manager Irene Ford and BMC AMI DevX File-AID Product Manager Kevin Corbett join Rick Slade for a lively discussion of test data management.

Chapter 11: Modern Testing II

David Rizzo joins host Rick Slade to discuss the role of automation in software delivery.

Chapter 12 : Automated Software Delivery I

Topaz for Total Test Product Manager Steen Brahe joins Rick Slade to talk about automated testing in part II of our discussion on software delivery automation.

Chapter 13:  Software Delivery Automation II

DevOps Solution Architect Rick Slade talks with BMC AMI zAdviser Product Owner Bill Mackey about collecting and leveraging useful data about your software delivery system.

Chapter 14 : Monitoring and Measurement

Executive DevOps Solution Architect Rick Slade wraps up the series with an overview of the software delivery system, advice on getting started in modernizing your system, and a look at what the future holds for software delivery.

Chapter 15: SDS Overview

Tune in for lively, insightful discussion of topics important to the mainframe community, from DevOps to security and staffing. 2020 & 2024 winner of the DevOps Dozen Award for Best DevOps-Related Podcast Series.

Building a Better Software Delivery Platform

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