webinar: the 4 dimensions of value in cloud dev/test environments
DESCRIPTION
Every company's IT stakeholders set different priorities for realizing value from software delivery. In this webinar, Skytap helps frame this discussion around four key dimensions of value that customers can realize through the use of dev/test clouds.TRANSCRIPT
Measuring Four dimensions of value
To justify cloud-based dev/test environmentsAndy Wright | Skytap Value AssessmentPresented June 25, 2014
Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to addAndy WrightSW Engineer turned MBAMarketing HeadMeasuring value @ Skytap
AGENDA
Why do we need to measure value
Top reasons why cloud is adopted for dev/test
How to measure and quantify value
Summary, Q&A
Most IT investments require a business case and ROI for anything > $50K
Best Practice – measure & justify anything you want to continue using• Mitigate risk at contract renewal time• Defend against cheap replacements• Apples to apples comparison against other alternatives• Sensitivity analysis: know what really matters
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Reasons
① Stop waiting for access② Focus on development and test③ Ability to experiment and innovate④ Stop the sprawl⑤ Eliminate “works for me” collaboration
Four dimensions of valueThat you can measure today
Infrastructure Cost
Labor Efficiency
Quality
Productivity
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Eliminate sprawl, reduce future capital and operating expense
Automate manual environment provisioning, configuration, preparation, maintenance
Quality in consistency – rework and production quality costs
Reduce overhead, adopt parallel release development & spark innovation
Dev/Test Infrastructure Costs
Infrastructure Cost Considerations
IT ManagementOpEx
Power & CoolingOpEx
Software LicensesCapEx
Servers & NetworksCapEx
IT ManagementOpEx
Service FeeOpEx $
Infrastructure is hard dollarDon’t let it be the only deciding factor
Automation is the larger value
• Transitioning infrastructure is not a means to an end• If self-service is allowed, cost controls need to be in place• Focus on the real benefits for dev/test teams
Labor EfficiencyValue of Automation and Self Service
• Repeatability• Consistency
• Fewer people Involved in the process• Innovation on-demand
% TimeReproducing
Defects
% TimeMaintaining
Environments
% TimeProvisioning
& Configuring
QualityCost of Rework
Defect Distribution
CodeUnit
System + Regression
Integ. UAT / RCRelease/
Production
19%
51%
9%
21%
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Measuring defect cost• Who is involved at
each stage?
• What is their time invested?
• What is the value of their time?
• All defect found in any phase must go through all previous phases
What % of defects were due to environment parity issues?
QualityProduction Quality Costs
Generally well knownDiffers between applications
• Revenue Impact• SLA Fees• Employee Productivity / Downtime
Production Quality Costs Formula for production defect reduction
# defects in production % of those considered major / critical % of those due to environment parity
Value = Defect Reduction * Avg. Cost per Defect
ProductivityGetting more with less
Look to the PMO to identify how output is measured today (TTM, Quality, Technical Debt)
Measure the value of on-demand, identical environments.• Parallel Development• Environments for current and future releases• Exploratory coding & refactoring• Upgrade testing
4 Dimensions Summary
Efficiency Quality
Infrastructure Cost Productivity
• Justify to protect investment
• Use defendable metrics
• Infrastructure is a small %• Dev/QA Efficiency• Software Quality• Productivity/Innovation
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