In part 1 I expounded on the size of the problem surrounding software release. We saw how the problem is bigger than I suspect many people realize by enumerating statistics published by IDC and Forrester. Finally, I promised to describe how CA LISA Release Automation alleviates this problem. When I was a child, one of my favorite movies was The Wizard of Oz . In one defining scene, Dorothy and her three companions enter the "throne room" where the Wizard agreed to meet them. As they were talking to this giant, floating head, Toto discovered the curtain behind which the real "wizard" was operating this contraption. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" was the admonishment of the floating head. My question, and the relevance to software release, is: what if it were not the "wizard" behind the curtain but was instead Glinda, the good witch? What if it were a gaggle of the flying monkeys? What if it was not any characte...
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