Serena Solutions
Overview and Demonstration
Kevin A. Lee - Senior Solutions Architect
About Serena Software
IT Software Provider
We help Global 2000 enterprises build and release better software.
Orchestrated Solutions
Process based solutions built on customer-proven platforms.
Global Scale
- 200+ R&D engineers
- 15+ global locations
- Follow-the-sun support
Financially Solid
- $200M+ revenue
- 35yrs delivering products
- HGGC portfolio company
Serena Approach
Best of breed products
proven technology, implement what you need
Process centric
configurable technology, implement your processes
Full lifecycle traceability
trace processes and artefacts
Version everything
requirements, code, releases, environments, processes
Support secure development practices
automatically build in quality and security
Serena Products and Solutions
Serena Business Manager
10.1.5.2
Serena Dimensions RM
12.3
Serena Dimensions CM
14.2
Serena Deployment Automation
6.0
Serena Release Control
6.0
Serena Service Manager
5.2
Serena ALM Reference Architecture
Solution Blueprint
Discovery Tool
Thought Leadership
Best Practice
Serena Business Manager
- IT process automation platform- model and automate any workflow process
Rich, "easy to use" User Interface
- engage with non technical users
Easily configurable reporting
- use wizards to create reports, activity feeds and dashboards
Simplify process and tool integrations
- visually integrate with other tools via web service orchestrations
Serena Dimensions RM
- Model any ALM work item- changes, requirements, tests, defects
Easily configurable reporting
- use wizards to create reports and dashboards
Capture and visualise traceability
- report on suspect relationships, compliance between work items
- visually browse and update traceability relationships
Work in database or document mode
- edit in spreadsheet like view or "familiar" document model
Serena Dimensions RM Dashboards
Dimensions RM Class Definition
Dimensions RM Traceability
Dimensions RM Links Browser
Serena Dimensions CM
- Developer focused- extremely fast, focused development operations
Changeset driven
- atomic commit, changeset visualisation, easy predictable merging
Integrated task management
- trace artefacts to tasks and integrate with other Serena products
Integrated peer review and expert chains
- automated analysis and feedback on changeset quality
Dimensions CM Object Model
Dimensions CM Streams and Changesets
Dimensions CM Version Control
Dimensions CM Changeset Visualisation
Dimensions CM Peer Reviews
Serena Deployment Automation
- Visually model release and deployment processes- "drag and drop" deployment orchestration workflows
Manage environments and configuration
- deploy to environments, visualise and report on inventory
Promote along deployment pipelines
- manual or automatic promotion with approvals
Engage all stakeholders in the release process
- visual timelines, reports, mobile clients
Over 90 technology plugins
- app servers, database, middleware, Windows/UNIX...
SDA Model Driven Deployment
SDA Model Driven Deployment Example
Serena Release Control
- Release Planning using Release Trains- plan and coordinate the deployment of multiple applications
Release Deployment using Release Packages
- automate path to production using deployment paths
Manage Environments
- schedule and visualise deployment and maintenance events
Capture Release Templates
- capture repeatable collections of deployment tasks as templates
Integrate with Change and Deployment
- integrate with defect tracking, ticketing and deployment tools
Release Control Data Model
Release Control Dashboard
ALM Demonstration Scenario
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Serena Solutions
Overview and Demonstration
Kevin A. Lee - Senior Solutions Architect