Three Essential Steps for Building the Bridge

Meeting IT Compliance mandates is an immediate goalmanually-scripted build solutions: References to the
faced by most organizations. Through the use of ALMsource code may not be pointing to the SCM
tools, IT organizations can manage softwarerepository or even local build directory where the SCM
requirements, track source code changes and monitorsource code was checked out It can be extremely
software deployment. Regardless of these tools, thedifficult to determine where the source code actually
process is not perfect because it is missing a criticalcame from when the compile executed Solve these
component of the software development lifecycle: theproblems with a Build Management Solution that allows
application build. The application build process is the finalyou to enforce the "approved" versions of the
piece of the IT compliance puzzle, and it is complicatedSCM-managed source code. You can further enforce
by ad hoc build scripts written in Make or Ant/XML. Adyour system with a Build Management tool that allows
hoc build scripts are the most common methods usedyou to centralize the use of SOA and J2EE objects
to manage application builds, yet they don't meet theso that all developers are using standard versions of
four essential requirements of IT governancethese critical, reusable objects. 3) Manage Dependency
standards: traceability auditability validation separationMining and Orchestration Managing dependencies is
of workflow duties How can your organization meetthe most critical process a Build Management Solution
the four essential requirements of IT governancecan provide. Dependency orchestration provides a
standards in the application build process? With threecomplete audit trail showing what source code and
very essential steps: 1) Implement a Build Configurationversions were used to create the final deployable
Management System Similar to Source Codeobjects. Dependencies can be difficult to trace and
Configuration Management, Build Configurationoften impossible to understand with manual scripts. Find
Management allows you to track, trace and managea Build Management Solution that will ensure that when
the details about the build. Using reusable buildthe build executes, a dependency scanning tool
workflow technology, details about build configurationswatches exactly what is called and used by the
can be managed. Configuration details include: Whatcompilers and linkers. You will gain the ability to perform
compile and link flags were used to build theaccurate incremental builds, review Dependency
deployable object The restriction of debug flags usedImpact Analyses, and create Footprints and Build Audit
in production builds The location and version of theReports that confirm matching source to executables
compiler and linker used in the build These subtleevery time, based on the actual compile. There is no
configuration changes can cause drastic differences inhigher level of IT compliance that can be met. Without
build results, and must be tracked, managed andthese three basic steps you cannot accurately
controlled. 2) Keep Source Code Enforcementmanage builds to a standard required by audits today.
Securely Implemented Once you have secured yourScripting languages attempt to address these three
source code in an SCM tool, it is critical to ensure that -pillars, but struggle because they rely on hard coding
when the build occurs - it is actually using the sourcemethods.
code managed by your SCM tool. With