SAN FRANCISCO and BANGALORE, July 20, 2010 ThoughtWorks Studios
(www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in Agile ALM solutions,
today announced Go, a new Agile release management platform that allows
organizations to incrementally automate the entire build, test and
deployment process and release software faster and more reliably. Go enables
Continuous Delivery, making it possible for enterprises to move from a world
where software releases are governed by operational constraints to a world
where they can release according to their business needs. Pioneered by
ThoughtWorks as a key element of large-scale Agile adoption, Continuous
Delivery combines automation and engineering rigor with a heavy emphasis on
collaboration to break down the prevalent organizational silos that
segregate development, QA and IT operations.
³For many enterprises, software increasingly plays a critical role in
creating a competitive advantage and building and maintaining value-added
customer relationships. As an industry, Agile practices have had a major
impact on our ability to create software faster to keep pace with business
needs,² said Cyndi Mitchell, managing director of ThoughtWorks Studios. ³But
many organizations still spend several weeks, and often months, putting
software live in production long after it¹s been declared Œready¹ by the
business. As Agile and ALM come together, Continuous Delivery and Go enable
a next-generation Agile approach that delivers rapid and reliable releases
as and when the business needs them.²
Go is the upgrade path for ThoughtWorks Studios¹ continuous integration
solution, Cruise. It joins Mingle (Agile project management) and Twist
(Agile testing) to form ThoughtWorks Studios Adaptive ALM, the only
holistic end-to-end solution built from the ground up to serve as a single
platform for all aspects of the Agile software development and delivery
lifecycle. It integrates requirements analysis, project and program
management, test automation, quality assurance, and build and release
management to achieve Continuous Delivery. Adaptive ALM is designed to be
flexible to adapt to unique customer requirements while providing the
structure needed to adopt Agile enterprise-wide and throughout the entire
application delivery lifecycle.
As outlined in the upcoming book, Continuous Delivery (Addison-Wesley,
Martin Fowler Signature Series, Jez Humble and Dave Farley), delivering
software to users can be a painful, risky and time-consuming process.
Continuous Delivery outlines the principles and technical practices that
enable rapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new
functionality through the automation of the build, deployment and testing
process. As a build and release principal for ThoughtWorks Studios, and
product manager for Go, Humble has guided the technical vision behind Go to
ensure it enables Continuous Delivery and fosters an environment where ideas
can be turned into released software rapidly, regardless of the size or
complexity of the project.
Go helps drive Continuous Delivery by providing organizations with a
standard platform to automate, manage and control the entire build, deploy
and release processes. It is a single system of record for managing and
tracing each application¹s lifecycle from check-in to release, thus
providing visibility into the production readiness of the entire software
portfolio. The result is automated releases that are rapid and reliable and
can be self-serviced at the push of a button.
Unique features of Go that enable Continuous Delivery include:
- Environments: this first-of-its-kind capability lets organizations see
what version of each application is in each environment, audit back to the
source, and perform one-click deployments of any version of software.
- Parallel Test Intelligence: speeds up tests by running them in parallel on
a grid. Go¹s unique test intelligence lets organizations see exactly which
tests broke, which check-in broke them, and who was responsible, even when
they are run across a grid.
- New UI for the DevOps world: enables easy centralized management of large
numbers of projects and machines for both developers and IT operations.
- Templates: allows for managing large numbers of projects within an Agile
ALM environment. Templates allow organizations to manage branches and define
re-usable workflow.
³Go uniquely addresses the needs of development and IT operations teams to
have a common, integrated platform to manage their entire development,
testing and release lifecycle,² explained Humble, product manager of Go. ³Go
fills a crucial gap in many Agile implementations providing the
automation, collaboration and compliance capabilities to break down
operational silos and turn software releases into frequent, reliable,
non-events.²
Go Availability
Go is available now as part of the Adaptive ALM platform from ThoughtWorks
Studios. The Go Community edition is available as a free download directly
from the ThoughtWorks Studios website, while the full-version, commercial Go
Enterprise is available via license. For product, download and pricing
information please visit:
(www.thoughtworks-studios.com/go-agile-release-management).
About ThoughtWorks Studios
ThoughtWorks Studios is the global leader in Agile ALM tools and training. A
division of ThoughtWorks®, the pioneer in Agile development and
best-practices, it offers the only holistic, fully integrated delivery
lifecycle platform designed exclusively for sustainable, enterprise-wide
Agile ALM success. Based on ThoughtWorks ground-breaking experience and
commitment to software excellence, Adaptive ALM helps organizations manage
all aspects of the software development lifecycle from requirements
definition and portfolio management to test automation, quality assurance
and release management. The company also provides in-depth training courses
that cover all facets of Agile ALM through its Agile Workshops series.
Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace
and Vodafone. ThoughtWorks Studios is headquartered in San Francisco and
Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in Europe, Asia and
Australia. For more information, please visit www.thoughtworks-studios.com.