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ISBN: 978‐1‐119‐14979‐8 (pbk); ISBN: 978‐1‐119‐14980‐4 (ebk) Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Publisher’s Acknowledgments Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: Project Editor: Carrie A. Johnson Production Editor: Siddique Shaik Editorial Manager: Rev Mengle Business Development Representative: Acquisitions Editor: Steve Hayes Sue Blessing Author Acknowledgments I would like to thank those that helped me in putting this book together. From providing content, reviewing, and just simply helping me get the right words, you all contributed in your own ways. Thank you Richard Szulewski, Sherri Hanna, Frank DeGillio, Rohith Ashok, Carmen DeArdo, and Mustafa Kapadia for providing great content for the “Making a DevOps Transition” chapter, and Jacqueline Allen for all your careful reading. And lastly thanks to Hayden Lindsey, Randy Newell, and Saleem Padani for their support in commissioning me to write this book. 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Table of Contents Introduction . 1 About This Book ........................................................................ 1 Icons Used in This Book ............................................................ 2 Beyond the Book ........................................................................ 2 Chapter 1: Understanding the Value of the Mainframe . 3 Defining Mainframes and Their Importance ........................... 4 Calculating the Value of the Mainframe .................................. 5 Placing Mainframe at the Heart of the Hybrid IT World ....... 6 Hybrid infrastructure ...................................................... 7 Hybrid data ....................................................................... 7 Hybrid applications ......................................................... 7 Integrating Systems of Engagement with Systems of Record ................................................................................. 8 Chapter 2: Understanding the Typical Mainframe Application Development Challenges . 11 Understanding Application Complexity ................................ 11 Measuring Risk in Changing Business Critical Applications ............................................................ 13 System Availability .................................................................. 14 Manual Test Processes............................................................ 14 Fragmentation of Skills and Tools ......................................... 15 Siloed Teams ............................................................................ 15 Chapter 3: DevOps and the Mainframe: Mission Possible? . 17 Defining DevOps? ..................................................................... 17 Plan .................................................................................. 19 Develop/test ................................................................... 20 Deploy ............................................................................. 22 Operate ........................................................................... 23 Why DevOps Is Critical for Mainframe Environments ........ 24 The Balancing Act: People, Process, and Tools ................... 26 People .............................................................................. 26 Processes ........................................................................ 27 Tools ................................................................................ 28 These materials are © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. iv Mobile to Mainframe DevOps For Dummies, IBM Limited Edition What Problems Does DevOps Solve? .................................... 28 Improving Application Development with DevOps ............. 29 Chapter 4: Looking at DevOps Best Practices for z Systems . 31 Adopting DevOps Best Practices for z Systems ................... 31 Modern development practices and tools ................. 32 Test environments ......................................................... 33 Common deployment .................................................... 35 Improving Productivity and Optimizing Systems ................ 35 Improving productivity ................................................. 35 Optimizing systems ....................................................... 36 Chapter 5: Building for the Modern Omni‐Channel World . 39 Understanding How Mobile and z Folks Work Together .... 39 Looking at Full Application Lifecycle Management ............. 42 Chapter 6: Seeing DevOps Success Stories in the Enterprise . 45 Development Modernization .................................................. 45 Large financial organization ......................................... 45 CICS development organization ................................... 47 Automated Testing and Deployment ..................................... 48 Full Practice Adoption ............................................................. 49 Chapter 7: Making a DevOps Transition . 51 Getting Started with DevOps .................................................. 51 Guiding You through a DevOps Transformation Process .................................................................................. 52 Chapter 8: Understanding Where DevOps Can Take You . 57 How Cloud and DevOps Come Together in the Enterprise .............................................................................. 57 Building the Next Generation Enterprise IT Skills ............... 62 Fit for Purpose Platforms ........................................................ 63 Myth Busters for Mainframe DevOps .................................... 64 These materials are © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Introduction evOps (short for Development and Operations) seems Dto have appeared with the advent of “born on the web” companies. However, today there’s a lot of hype about the word and questions if DevOps applies to traditional enterprise IT organizations. DevOps not only applies to traditional IT organizations but also it’s critical to the long‐term success of companies.