Case Study: HMS Delivers Sleek Application Deployments via CA Release Automation

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HMSDeliversSleekDeploymentsviaCAReleaseAutomationTimGaston- Director,ChangeManagement- HMSLionelBailey- LeadReleaseEngineer- HMS

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Abstract

Organizationsareincreasinglychallengedtodeliverapplicationsquicklyandprecisely,necessitatingproductioncodedeploymentstakeplacefasterthaneverbefore.ThesameholdstrueforHMS,ahealthcarecostcontainmentsolutionscompanythathelpspayersimproveperformance.

Usinginnovativetechnology,aswellaspowerfuldataservicesandanalytics,HMSsolutionscovertheentirepaymentcontinuumfromeligibilityverificationtopaymentaccuracytofraudidentification,prevention,andeducation.ThissessionwillcoverhowHMSpioneeredanautomateddeploymentalternativeusingCAReleaseAutomationdrivenbytheneedtocounterthetimeandlabor-intensivenatureoftraditionaldeploymentapproaches,particularlyforInformaticaobjects.

TimGastonHMSDirector,ChangeManagement

LionelBaileyHMSLeadReleaseEngineer


Agenda

ABOUTHMS

HMS’SDEPLOYMENTCHALLENGES

INFORMATICA-SPECIFICDEPLOYMENTCHALLENGES

INNOVATIVEAPPROACHOFCAANDHMS

RESULTS

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HMS offersthebroadestrangeofcostcontainmentsolutionsinhealthcaretohelppayerspreventfraud,waste,andabuse;savemoney;andimproveperformance.


FederalPrograms§ CentersforMedicareand

MedicaidServices§ U.S.Departmentof

VeteransAffairs§ DepartmentofDefense

HealthPlanPrograms§ MedicaidManagedCare

Organizations§ MedicareAdvantageplans§ Groupandindividualplans§ Self-fundedemployers

StatePrograms§ Medicaidagencies§ CHIPs(Children’sHealth

InsurancePrograms)§ Stateemployeehealth

benefitplans

WhoWeServeHealthcarePayers


§ Eligibilityverification§ PaymentAccuracy§ Fraudidentificationandprevention§ Costsavings§ Performanceimprovement§ Providereducation

ResultsHMSDrives


HMS’sDeploymentChallenges


BuildandDeploymentChallenges

Manualreleaseprocess

ProblematicInformaticadeployments

DisconnectedJava,DB2,andInformaticaforsameapplication

Multiplebuildforthesameappacrossdifferentenvironments

Artifactsstoredinfilesystem


Informatica-SpecificDeploymentChallenges


Informatica-SpecificDeploymentChallengesThreeConventionalApproachesandInherentRisks

InformaticaCLI§ Supplycommandsand

credentialsmanuallyorviapre-definedscript

§ Notidealforcredentialsecurity

§ Increasederrorriskdueto:§ Repeatallstepsforeach

deploymentgroup/component

§ Manualintervention§ Novisualrepresentationof

scriptsobfuscatesprocess

Informatica GUI§ Manualexecution

increasesriskoferror§ Unpredictable,lengthy

deploymenttime§ Advisabletocreate

exclusivelockonrepositorytopreventrepositoryconflicts(Undesirablesinceitpreventsotherservicesandprocessesfromupdatingnon-relatedobjects)

XMLExport/Import§ Pronetoerrorssinceall

inputsexplicitlyprovidedattimeofdeployment

§ Requiredinput:§ IDexportlocation§ Import§ Chooseexportfolder§ Resolveconflicts§ Indicateworkflow

reusability§ Assignintegrationservices


InnovativeApproachofCAandHMS


CAReleaseAutomationandNewActions

§ CAReleaseAutomationcouldinteractwithInformatica’sCLI,buthadnopre-definedactions

§ CAandHMSworkedhandinhandtocreateactionsthatsimplifyInformaticadeployments

HMSselectedCAReleaseAutomationtostreamlineJava,DB2,andInformaticadeployments


KeyWorkflowHighlights

HIGHLIGHT BENEFITS

GenericworkflowforJava,Informatica,DB2

Unifiedappdeploymentacrosstechnologiesandgenericenoughthatallappscomplywithcommondeploymentprocess

Simplenewappset-upPreptwomanifestXMLsandusergrouppermissions(asopposedtodevelopingenvironment&app-specificbuildanddeployscripts)

Pre-promotionflowBuild,CAWorkbenchapproval,ChangeRequestapproval(ServiceNow)tightlycoupled

ArtifactsmaintenanceBuildartifactsarestoredintheCAReleaseAutomationrepository,simplifyingrollbacks


AppDeploymentProcessviaCAReleaseAutomation


SampleWorkflowinCAReleaseAutomation


Results


Results

Category Metrics BaselineBeforeCARA

Results AfterCARA %Improvement

Efficiency WeeklyThursdayreleaseprocesstime(Avg 20Apps) 7Hours 3Hours 93%

Numberofdeploymentscriptsfor100+applications 450+ 80 82%

TimetodeployoneInformaticadeploymentgroup 10Minutes 3.6Minutes 64%

AveragetimetodeploysingleJavaapplication 23Minutes 10Minutes 57%

TimetostageDB2deploymentsforproductionrelease 1.5Hours 30Minutes 67%

TimetocreateweeklyHarvestPackageApproval(SCM)report 45Minutes 5Minutes 94%

Quality Validatenameandnumberofpackagestodeploy Manual Automated

Verifyapprovals&dependencies,build&deployrelease Manual 15%Manual 85%

Deploymentlogreporting 1truncatedlogFullbuild&deploylog


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