xebialabs.com Background: Big Chunks of Code, Chaotic Release Process The financial services company was growing rapidly and was facing competitive pressure. Their release process was characterized by: • Developers spending 3-4 months implementing a set of features and fixes, which they tested and cleaned up for 1-2 months, until finalizing a release. • For each release, a long meeting was held with developers, QA, database administrators and operators to create the release plan – an Excel spreadsheet that was sent out to all participants. • During the release, every participant worked off their own copies of the release plan, which often turned out to be different versions. Companies in all industries today are struggling to keep up with customer e

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