Continuous integration for improving the software release process
Chandra Sekhar, Pagadala (2013)
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Chandra Sekhar, Pagadala
2013
Master's Degree Programme in Information Technology
Tieto- ja sähkötekniikan tiedekunta - Faculty of Computing and Electrical Engineering
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2013-06-05
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201306171253
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201306171253
Tiivistelmä
In large software development companies, software systems are being built from several modules. In such development process, where members of a team integrate their work frequently, usually each person integrates at least daily, this can lead to multiple integrations per day. When all these integrations taken once, in the end the software system may fail to shape as a working model, because of the build or integration issues. These results in waste of working time to find the causes, fixing them, and build again the whole system to make it work. This delays the software delivery schedule. These kinds of delays in the software development process can be prevented by using Continuous Integration (CI).
The goal of the thesis is to analyze and use the Continuous Integration, in that each integration is verified by an automated build to detect integration errors as quickly as possible. This approach significantly reduces the integration problems and allows a team to develop Quality software more quickly.
In this master’s thesis benefits of continuous Integration will be presented and how CI has improved the software development process of a mobile phone company. The company’s one of its division specialized in Location based applications, in which we have implemented the CI process to extend their exiting “Do daily & weekly builds” process. We am going to present how this approach significantly improved the development process through a qualitative study, primarily using interviews in an agile development team. Also, we will present choosing the tools and which specific features of CI are the most useful.
The goal of the thesis is to analyze and use the Continuous Integration, in that each integration is verified by an automated build to detect integration errors as quickly as possible. This approach significantly reduces the integration problems and allows a team to develop Quality software more quickly.
In this master’s thesis benefits of continuous Integration will be presented and how CI has improved the software development process of a mobile phone company. The company’s one of its division specialized in Location based applications, in which we have implemented the CI process to extend their exiting “Do daily & weekly builds” process. We am going to present how this approach significantly improved the development process through a qualitative study, primarily using interviews in an agile development team. Also, we will present choosing the tools and which specific features of CI are the most useful.