Our friends at XebiaLabs , who make the excellent Deployit application release automation solution, just finished a handy survey to learn more about how teams are releasing software in 2013 and see where the hiccups in the pipeline lurk. They talked to folks in financial services, healthcare, insurance, tech, and other industries to find out about current release management processes, release process pain points, and key focus areas for 2013.
We found the results most insightful - here's a snapshot:
