In this course, you learn some of the basic concepts of managing releases with IBM UrbanCode Release.

IBM UrbanCode Release is a collaborative release management tool that helps you plan, execute, and track a release through every stage of the delivery life cycle, from pre-production to production.

This is a basic course for new users of IBM UrbanCode Release, such as administrators, release managers, performance testers, development teams, and operations leads. You work through a set of hands-on labs with exercises focused on building and scheduling a release with applications, running a deployment, customizing a deployment with specific applications, using advanced planning features, assessing the impact of changes and identifying areas of risk, and implementing quality controls.

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• Describe release management challenges and solutions
• Compare the activities in release and deployment
• Explore the Pipeline view and release management concepts
• Review the contents of a deployment plan and schedule a deployment
• Create task flow and segment dependencies
• Develop strategies to customize a deployment plan
• Create changes and organize them into initiatives
• Track application dependencies with the Impact Analysis view
• Create and assign quality statuses

This course is designed for new users of IBM UrbanCode Release, including administrators, release managers, performance testers, development teams, and operations leads.

• Basic knowledge of application deployment
• Basic knowledge of multitier application models

Introduction to IBM UrbanCode Release

• Release management overview
• IBM UrbanCode Release concepts
• Deployment plans

Building a release

• Release plan concepts overview
• Release plan anatomy
• Deployment plan anatomy

Customizing a deployment

• Deployment plan structure and basics
• Strategies for building deployment plans
• Advanced deployment plan topics

Identifying areas of risk

• Managing change and risk

Setting up quality controls for a release

• Methods for ensuring release quality
• Quality gate controls for the pipeline
• Process guidance for implementing quality gates

Prior to enrolling, IBM Employees must follow their Division/Department processes to obtain approval to attend this public training class. Failure to follow Division/Department approval processes may result in the IBM Employee being personally responsible for the class charges.

GBS practitioners that use the EViTA system for requesting external training should use that same process for this course. Go to the EViTA site to start this process:

http://w3.ibm.com/services/gbs/evita/BCSVTEnrl.nsf

Once you enroll in a GTP class, you will receive a confirmation letter that should show:

• The current GTP list price
• The 20% discounted price available to IBMers. This is the price you will be invoiced for the class