pre-con ed: interactive session: mainframe & devops in your organization

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InteractiveSession:Mainframe&DevOpsinyourOrganizationDanaBoudreauSeniorDirectorProductManagement– MainframeAppDevCATechnologies

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Abstract

Jointhisuniqueinteractivedesign-thinkingsessionwithotherpractitionerstodiscussionmainframeDevOpspractices.Discusshottopicssuchasagilesoftwaredevelopment,continuousdeliveryprocesses,codemodernizationandothersandsomecommonapproachestoimprovingspeedofdeliverywithlimitedresourcesinmainframeoperations.

DanaBoudreauCATechnologiesSeniorDirector


Purpose:

§ DevOpsisabouttransformationandwithanytransformationthereisn’taprescriptivewaytoroll.

§ Sharinganddiscussionbuildsacommunity

§ Communitybuildsanetworktoshareandlearnfrom

§ Incontrasttoroadmaps,whereCApresentstoyou…wewanttohearaboutyourplansandchallenges

§ Inthissessionyouarethespeakersandtheaudience– CAwantstohearfromyou

– Yourcolleagueswanttohearfromyou


TrendsinMainframeDevOpsTODAY TOMORROW

MonthlyReleases Daily&WeeklyReleases

Waterfall Agile

Manual Deploys Automated,On-DemandDeploys

LongLeadTimesforTestSetup MinimizedLeadTimesforTestSetup

DevelopersLearnTools DevelopersChooseTools

SeparateMFTeam AlignedMFTeam

PoorDocumentation ClearGovernance&Traceability


DoAnyofTheseSoundFamiliar?

Wearetryingtogetnewdeveloperstolearn3270“greenscreen”

Ittakes8-12weekstomakebasicmaintenancechangesonthemainframe Wetrackthedependenciesof100+

applications,testscripts,testdatasetsandtheirinteractionsbetweenmainframeanddistributedonExcel

Wearelookingtoautomateourreleaseprocessesandsaveconfigurationsforfutureuse,it’savailableindistributed

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On-boardingnewtalenttomainframedevelopment

Assumption:Traditionalmainframedevelopersareagingoutandtraditionalrolesneedtochange…requiringnewtalentandrethinkingprocessandculture

DEVELOPER§ Moderndevelopmentinterfaces

§ Changingprocessesandagility

§ On-boarding/trainingpractices§ Integrationsandtransformationoftheoldandthenew

TESTERS§ Changingprocessesandagility

§ Aretraditionaltestingroles/expectationschanging?

§ Istestingacrossenterprisedisciplineorsilo’d toon-mainframe

HOW DO YOU SEE PEOPLE AND PROCESS TRANSFORMATION EVOLVING ?


CompleteContinuousTestingSolutionUseCase&SolutionConceptAssumption:MFApplicationDev/testteamsneedtheabilitytoquicklysetuptestingenvironments

formainframeapplicationswithcriticaldependentcomponentsandtestdata…requiringgreaterautomation,commontesttoolsorintegration,leveragingDevOpspractices

TESTAUTOMATION§ EvolutionofexistingTestScriptingorAutomation

§ HowisMFTestManagementchanging?

§ AreyoulookingatvirtualizationofAPI’s§ Howareapplicationchangesdeliveredtothetestenv.?

§ Qualitygateautomation?

PROCESSANDTOOLS§ Whattoolsandprocessareusedfor:

- FunctionalTesting- Performance/Stressanalysis- Securitytesting

§ TestCasesinHPQCdrivesRexx/JCLScriptingonthemainframe?

§ Progressandcrossenterprisetransparency?

HOW DO YOU SEE MF TESTING EVOLVING ?


ApplicationModernizationSolution

Assumption:MissioncriticalapplicationswillbeincreasinglyHybrid:crossenterprise,mobiletomainframe

…requiringIntegration,AutomationandTransformationtofacilitatekeygrowthopportunities

APPLICATIONARCHITECTURES§ EvolutionofexistingMFapplicationstoprovidegreaterAPIfunctionalityandflexibility

§ StrategicplansforAPIandcommunicationsprotocols§ Applicationrestructuringplansconsidering:

- RealTimeapplications- Batchapplications- Applicationsplannedformodernization

§ LinuxonZ/IFLsformodernworkloads

APPLICATIONLANGUAGES§ Whatlanguagesarestrategicandpartofthemaintenanceefforts

- COBOL,PL/I,C/C++,Assembler,MetalC- Java,Splunk,Perl- Generatedlanguages

§ AreModerndevelopmentenvironmentscritical§ Howisapplicationunderstandingimportanttoyou?

HOW DO YOU SEE MF APPLICATIONS EVOLVING ?


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MFX111SAdvancedTechniquesforInitiatingtheDevOpsJourney[HSBC] 11/17/2016at12:45pm


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