The Art of ClearCase(R) Deployment: The Secrets to Successful Implementation (Paperback)

~ (Author), Darren W. Pulsipher (Author)

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Product Description

By using IBM Rational ClearCase, development teams can dramatically improve their productivity and responsiveness throughout the entire software lifecycle. Now, there's an easy-to-use ClearCase deployment guide for every team member: project managers, analysts, developers, and software customers.

Accessible, practical, and full of examples, The Art of ClearCase® Deployment demystifies all facets of deployment--from up-front planning through multisite integration. Authors Christian Buckley and Darren Pulsipher draw on nearly two decades of experience helping leading enterprises implement Rational technologies. They focus on the core issues associated with deployment, closely tying business and technical drivers to specific features and step-by-step implementation techniques.

This book will show you how to:

Take on the role of change agent: prepare yourself for the challenge
Understand the value of ClearCase in your organization and gain consensus for implementing it
Map your software manufacturing process and plan your deployment
Model change-management: actors, use cases, and problem domains
Enforce and automate high-efficiency development policies and processes
Walk through build and release management: frequency, automation, communication, and more
Integrate ClearCase with existing tools and systems
Support efficient, error-free development across geographically dispersed teams
Plan for ClearCase hardware and size your VOB repository
Iterate your system to improve efficiency and reduce build- and test-cycle times
Avoid pitfalls and troubleshoot problems with ClearCase deployments
Regardless of your previous software engineering experience, this book will help you shape and execute your ClearCase rollout to drive maximum business value--tomorrow, and for years to come.

From the Publisher

By using IBM Rational ClearCase, development teams can dramatically improve their productivity and responsiveness throughout the entire software lifecycle. Now, there's an easy-to-use ClearCase deployment guide for every team member: project managers, analysts, developers, and software customers.

Accessible, practical, and full of examples, The Art of ClearCase® Deployment demystifies all facets of deployment--from up-front planning through multisite integration. Authors Christian Buckley and Darren Pulsipher draw on nearly two decades of experience helping leading enterprises implement Rational technologies. They focus on the core issues associated with deployment, closely tying business and technical drivers to specific features and step-by-step implementation techniques.

This book will show you how to:

Take on the role of change agent: prepare yourself for the challenge
Understand the value of ClearCase in your organization and gain consensus for implementing it
Map your software manufacturing process and plan your deployment
Model change-management: actors, use cases, and problem domains
Enforce and automate high-efficiency development policies and processes
Walk through build and release management: frequency, automation, communication, and more
Integrate ClearCase with existing tools and systems
Support efficient, error-free development across geographically dispersed teams
Plan for ClearCase hardware and size your VOB repository
Iterate your system to improve efficiency and reduce build- and test-cycle times
Avoid pitfalls and troubleshoot problems with ClearCase deployments
Regardless of your previous software engineering experience, this book will help you shape and execute your ClearCase rollout to drive maximum business value—tomorrow, and for years to come.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; illustrated edition edition (July 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321262204
• ISBN-13: 978-0321262202
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,126,267 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Complicates a complicated picture, April 1, 2005

By	Macnlos (Windy City, USA) - See all my reviews

I just purchased this book and made my initial pass through it and I'm thoroughly dissappointed. The authors state that this is book to bridge the gap between other technical books. It fails at that.

I worked for Rational as ClearCase/ClearQuest field rep. I currently work for an organization with ClearCase, ClearQuest and UCM as the preferred SCM solution with over 400 users.

I purchased this book looking for a resource that I could use with upper management in driving toward release driven development process with strong support from an SCM and deployment perspective.

I do not need a technical manual, I have the proper technicians to create the solution. I was looking for a book that would help point us in the right direction. I was looking for a book that would help us in selling and working with non-technical people. I did not find it in this book.

This books is definitely not a technical book, and the authors state that up front. Unfortunately it is not a non-technical book either. A previous review hit the nail on the head; this book is great tool for Rational sales reps to market and sell their tools. It does nothing for assisting customers in using the tools.

The sad thing is that IBM/Rational is sitting on one the largest brain trusts of information and they cannot address this topic. There are over 100,000 employees with IBM and this is all they could come up with?

I'm taking the book back to the bookstore. I'm better off buying a Dilbert calendar!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for Configuration Management professionals, July 21, 2004

By	M. Arnett "All tech" (Salt Lake City, UT USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Process flow and configuration management is daunting enough on a good day. Even for those of us with years of working with software development and version management, this book shares insights and practices that are well worth it's cover price. A must read for anyone involved in formal product development processes of any size.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and Effective Case for Implementation Planning, November 23, 2004

By	S. Janssen "Miss Dickens" (San Ramon, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If a Clear Case deployment looms on the horizon for your company, then reading The Art of ClearCase Deployment from cover to cover is a priority for you, for your Steering Committee and for your deployment team. This book provides the map that can guide you through the wilderness of a tools deployment and ensure you realize the promised productivity gains and expense reductions.

After two decades as business manager and a technology manager,I can say with confidence that lack of planning is the foremost reason that tools implementations fail to live up to their promise or just flat out fail. Maybe, planning does not go far enough. Maybe it is closer to the mark to say failure to understanding the ramifications of a tools implementation. This books covers clearly and concisely those very issues and pitfalls that recur over and over again.

But the value of the information in this book is not limited to ClearCase deployments. It applies across the board as a primer for all tools and/or software deployments.

Last but not least, this book is an enjoyable read: it is clear, concise and tinged with humor. So if you are in the IT industry, or if your business depends upon successfull IT implementations, this book is a must read.