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Continuous Delivery in Agencies
- 2. London Continuous Delivery In Digital Agencies gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 3. It’s very new gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 4. Late 90s Edited code on live servers (yes we did) vi, FTP, HomeSite anyone? Heard of CVS but was deemed too geeky even for us gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 5. Naughties Subversion VSS Most agencies barely used source control gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 6. Naughties Subversion and git popular Most agencies use source control, appearance of TFS, Team City (2006), Cruise Control (2001) Some agencies still use source control as check-in check- out gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 7. Issues with agencies ALL about the doing not the improving A client we have today might not be there tomorrow Do we really need to spend all this time and money? We have to sell internally and to clients gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 8. Issues with agencies Very different types of projects Developers’ levels are varied Interruption driven development We don’t always control environments gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 9. There’s good stuff too We get exposed to very varied set-ups Some clients are advanced (ASOS) Some clients are willing to invest (Diageo) gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 10. How do we start? All about people not Technology What’s in it for me? Finding motivation is key gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 11. Creating new habits Too much focus on doing Add automation to the habit cycle gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 12. Creating new habits Push people to be curious and support them Make failure acceptable but contain it using short feedback cycle gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 13. Creating new habits Automated all new projects to a minimum level using templates Retro fit automation in older projects when changes are required gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 14. Sell it Our bosses will not buy software and man hours because it makes sense Jump on big fuck ups like a rash and sell them a solution You have to measure its impact to show improvement and secure more budget gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 15. Sell it The most expensive thing in an agency is dev time not license cost Show you are saving time, multiply by day rate, easy sell gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 16. Sell it Sell it to your clients How much time you are saving Reducing human error It helps build trust gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 17. How we are doing Work in progress Different strategy for different types of projects, not always about size We are pragmatic gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 18. How we are doing Skills Training and experimenting is not enough Bring somebody in to speed up learning curve gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 19. How we are doing Small steps Master one tool at a time gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 20. How we are doing All new project have at least automated deployment to QA servers Complex projects have unit tests and UI automated regression tests gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 21. Lynx Caprio Complex project Multiple applications, multiple agencies SVN Team City Automated (manual trigger) all the way to production gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 22. Lynx Caprio Complex client agencies set-up = lost track of how many deploys we did We must have saved a week’s worth of release management gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 23. ASOS Located on site Great set-up Mixture of technologies Automated to staging Manual push to prod gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 24. Diageo SVN BDD with Specflow Selenium web driver TeamCity MSbuild NUnit (400 tests)gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 27. We are getting there Best achievement is that we are all aligned The team is fully behind it Some clients get it Our board get it gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg
- 28. And let’s face it We are geeks It’s all about the new toys innit gbm@tmw.co.uk / @theg