Automate and Accelerate Software Development Time and Deliver Superior Business Applications With CA Endevor® Software Change Manager

Automate and Accelerate Software Development Time and Deliver Superior Business Applications With CA Endevor® Software Change Manager

Peter McCullough

Mainframe

CA Technologies

Senior Advisor, Product Management

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Abstract

This session focuses on how CA Endevor® Software Change Manager (CA Endevor® SCM) meets the software change management requirements and helps boost efficiency in the mainframe environment.

This session will also highlight the most recent product enhancements and some exciting plans for the future.

Peter McCullough

CA Technologies

Senior Advisor,

Product Management


Agenda

CA ENDEVOR® SCM PRODUCT OVERVIEW

POPULAR OPTIONS AND USER INTERFACES

Q&A

RELEASE STATUS

ROADMAP

STAYING CONNECTED

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CA Endevor® SCM Product Overview


Overview

CA Endevor® Software Change Manager provides a standardized, auditable, reliable, automated approach to secure and manage software assets on the mainframe throughout the software development and operations lifecycle.


One of the 1st DevOps Products!

ENvironment for DEVelopment and OpeRations


Product Value Focus Areas

Business Problems Addressed

Key Capabilities

Security and management of mainframe assets

Deployment of vital business applications

Compliance to industry standards and mandated policies

Expedites development and deployment of application software

Customizable lifecycle paths

Automated version control

Comprehensive auditing


Inventory Management

• Organize software inventory by application

• Implement one or more software lifecycle models

• Permit access accordingly

Audit and Access Control

• “Who, what, why, when and where” change-tracking

• Historical audit trails

• Change Approvals

• External Security integration – access control

Automated Processes

• Build

• Promotion

• Deployment

• Your site’s customized processes

Key Product Features

IT Auditor andDevelopment Manager

Application Developer and Change Manager

Change Manager andDevelopment Manger


CA Endevor® SCM –Popular Options and User Interfaces


Key Supporting Components

External Security Interface (audit and control)– Separation of responsibility –

Software inventory access permissions controlled externally by the same product that you use to manage access privileges (CA Top Secret®, CA ACF2®, IBM RACF®)

Extended Processors (automated builds & promotions)– Flexible scripting facility that enables you to automate your build and

promotion processes


Popular Options

Automated Configuration Management– Automatically detects and records software dependencies during build

process (where-used / used-where)

Parallel Development Option– Powerful tool that helps developers merge their out-of-sync software

changes (different code branches, sandboxes, etc.)

Quick Edit– ISPF-based CA Endevor® IDE that enables people to directly edit source

code and perform Endevor “developer” functions


User Interfaces

ISPF – Quick Edit – most popular (mainframe “IDE”)

ISPF-based CA Endevor® IDE that enables people to directly edit source code and perform Endevor “developer” functions

– “Classic” – the original w/admin functions (mainframe)

Eclipse UI (distributed)

SCL - batch command language (mainframe, API)

API, RESTful API (mainframe, distributed)


Ideation, Agile Scrum and Incremental Deliveries: Delivering Features That Matter


Incremental Delivery

• Features deemed “ready” are published (GA) at the time they are deemed ready

• Delivered as incremental enhancements to current “Active” incremental release

Ideation

User Community• Members submit product

enhancement requests

• Requests visible to all customers

• Requests are voted up (or down) and refined though community interaction

Agile Scrum

Development• Product enhancements go

to product backlog

• Team works with validation partners during development process

• MVP – validation partners determine when feature is “ready”

Ideation, Agile Scrum and Incremental DeliveriesDelivering features that matter while they matter


Release Status

RELEASE GA END OF SERVICE

R15.1 GA August 2012 March 31, 2015

V16.0 GA September 2013 June 30, 2016

V17.0 Incremental 1 GA August 2014 (not applicable)

V17.0 Complete GA December 2014 Not Announced

V18 Incremental base (18.0.00) GA August 2015 --------

V18.0 Incremental 1 (18.0.01) GA October 2015 --------


Roadmap


Technology and Product Architecture GoalsCA Endevor®

IT Management – Ops Directors

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Technology Goals

Management of Java components on the mainframe RESTful API Web Services interface alignment to native Endevor API Eclipse user interface alignment with mainframe capabilities

Currency & exploitation – IBM hardware Currency & exploitation - IBM OS software, CICS Continued improvement of developer and administrator capabilities and

user experience Integration with CA and 3rd party vendor products

ProductArchitecture

Goals


Strategic Product Enhancements

Extend API capabilities

Extend Product integrations– CA Application Lifecycle Conductor

– CA Unified Software Change Manager

RESTful API, new product integrations


CA Endevor® Software Change Manager V17

– Improved administrator productivity through introduction of a secure direct update (ALTER) capability of master file metadata

– More efficient maintenance of application lifecycle stages through batch environment administration ENVIRONMENT name masking

– Enhanced ease of use for developers and deployment managers through introduction of the EXEC-FAILED filter for package status

– Enhanced open architecture through introduction of RESTful API support for package actions.

– Increased integration with CA products (CA Release Automation and CA Application Lifecycle Conductor

GA-Complete December, 2014


Staying Connected


Influencing Our Roadmap

Staying Connected

Submit your ideas on communities.ca.com

Vote & comment on ideas that are important to you

CA Product Management reviews ideas and updates status as they move through the lifecycle

“Currently Planned” idea status indicates inclusion in Agile Backlog or Product Roadmap

Take the opportunity to influence our product development. Help ensure that we deliver is what you need and want.

Agile Development

CA Communities Ideation

Register to participate in:

– Live Demos/End-of-Sprint Reviews

– Private - Members Only -Online Community

– Pre-Release Onsite Testing and Support (Beta)

– Upgrade Support from SWAT Team

How to register: https://validate.ca.com

Customer Validation

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Events & Engagement


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