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Continuous integration & deployment to accelerate OutSystems teams

OutSystems low-code tools are a double-edged sword. They facilitate teamwork, but issues with security and data governance may not be top-of-mind for developers. If you have a big team working on automation and/or application development and delivery, the need to build in governance becomes even more important.

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Agile methodologies using low code platforms for iteration, for CI/CD

We are clearly seeing the impact of low-code on development environments and DevOps. Low-code began with small applications, and while Agile.Now Factory-style teamwork and workflows may not be needed there, as the use of low-code platforms becomes the norm for critical enterprise projects, Agile.Now Factory will be a necessary element.

This is where low-code is having a more obvious impact; Agile methodologies using low code platforms for iteration, for continuous improvement, and for continuous delivery. These applications aren’t one-and-done. They need to be maintained, improved and delivered, again and again.

Agile.Now Deployment Pipelines

Deployment pipelines help enterprise low-code teams build an efficient and reusable process by maintaining development, test, and production environments. Application developers can incrementally transition a new or updated application between environments, reconfiguring them with the appropriate functionality, data connections, and permissions.

Agile.Now pipelines are very easy to use and take only few minutes to setup. No previous expertise or coding skills are required.

Communication between the teams

The implementation of the Agile.Now Factory approach presupposes that developers, QA engineers, and system administrators now work in alignment with each other. The ongoing communication between the Agile.Now Factory practitioners allows for fewer bugs missed and faster preparation and delivery of new software pieces to production.

Increased test automation

Continuous testing is one of the key components of the Agile.Now Factory approach. To achieve it, testing is automated with the use of specialized tools, e.g., Selenium, Ghost Inspector, and Tricentis Tosca whic are designed to automatically perform various types of tests (such as unit, functional, integration testing) and promptly notify the Agile.Now Factory practitioners on detected bugs.

You Should Adopt Agile.Now Factory If:

You have the lack of a good project foundation, preventing scalability in an efficient and secure way.

Items are untraceable, since the project backlog is detached, not knowing what has changed and by whom.

No automated testing, as in general testing is done ad-hoc, creating serious quality problems.

No CI/CD practices or framework.

Lower productivity and less reliable software. Developers spend more time on infrastructure and configuration and less on delivering business value.

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Agile.Now Factory Services

Agile.Now Factory is a product to automate, streamline, and accelerate the development of OutSystems applications throughout their lifecycle, from project definition to production deployment.

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Project Management

Features

Agile.Now Factory Project Management tool provides seamless integration to project management tools such as Jira and Azure DevOps
It synchronizes and automates project workflow across all stages of application development, including applications, modules, components, as well as teams and IT users
It tracks release deployments and manages teams activites working on the project

Benefits

Increase productivity, stability, and traceability throughout the Agile development process
Enable continuous delivery at higher quality with an improved level of professionalism
Communicate in an aligned manner between teams about ideas, processes, and technologies
Reduce effort and cost

Automated Testing

Features

Agile.Now Factory Automated Testing is integrated into various automated testing frameworks such as GhostInspector and Tosca.
It orchestrates and traces automated testing everything from the creation of test folders, suites to full test execution within the testing frameworks.
It enables you to run tests directly from the UI and notify the team of test results and directly link the issues to the project management tool.

Benefits

Leverages the quality of the deployed software, unifies processes and eliminates inefficiencies
Reducing delivery lead time and speeding up time-to-market

Automated Deployment

Features

Agile.Now Factory Automated Deployment tool is seamlessly integrated into Outsystems Lifetime, which is the centralized console to manage the infrastructure and security.
You can set automated behaviours easily, for staging the application development processes resulting in maximum reliability and full control over development progress and delivery flows.

Benefits

Enables best insights, visibility and control over the full life-cycle of the application development process.
Eliminates disruptions and inefficiencies by aligning application development practices with operational activities across teams.