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Continuous Delivery For Digital Transformation

Continuous Digital Transformation

A leading pension banks in Indonesia needed a centralised platform that could drive the Continuous Delivery process from development to production for all the present and future applications that are part of the Digital Transformation Journey,

The objective was to build a centralised application lifecycle management system that can be driven by a very stable and robust Continuous Delivery Platform that can reduce the release cycle time.

Where customers demand seamless experiences 24/7, Continuous Delivery enables organisations to innovate swiftly, deploy updates seamlessly, and ensure uninterrupted service delivery. But it comes with its own set of challenges especially when you deal with traditional banking processes with legacy system.


The Challenges:

  • Multiple App Architecture - Micro-services on containers; Monoliths on Virtual Machines

  • Lack of automated build and deployment.

  • Legacy tools used for application testing executed on manual trigger. No automation hence no Continuous Integration(CI).

  • Lack of a centralised platform that can provide continuous integration  from dev to prod.

  • The containerisation platform was not ready for production. Instability of versions, configs etc due to lack of version control and config management.

  • Application Development teams dependency on Ops team for deployment would take days to release the product to prod.


To tackle these challenges, I designed a standard workflow from dev to prod, adopting the latest and reliable containerisation technologies and configuration management tools available at the time. Each environment was as close to production configuration and composition as possible. Everything was automated, from setting up the systems to getting the site up and ready.


These initiatives helped me in enabling a sustainable application lifecycle management for continuous delivery if their banking services:


1. In-House Release Engineering Tool: Empowering Control and Efficiency

To navigate the complexities of continuous delivery, banks need robust in-house release engineering tools. These tools come equipped with role-based access control, enabling precise control over the release process. Integration with multiple platforms through APIs ensures seamless collaboration across the development pipeline. Most significantly, these tools facilitate continuous delivery, enabling banks to deploy updates swiftly and efficiently, thus enhancing their agility and responsiveness to customer needs.


2. Automated Platform Tools Setup: Streamlining Operations with Configuration Management

Automation lies at the core of effective continuous delivery, and banks must start investing in automated platform setup using advanced configuration management tools. By automating the setup of development, testing, and production environments, banks can ensure consistency and reliability across their digital banking platforms. This streamlines operations, reduces deployment times, and minimises the risk of configuration errors, thereby enhancing overall efficiency and agility.


3. Unified Approach to Continuous Delivery: Bridging the Gap Between Monoliths and Micro-services

The digital banking landscape often comprises a mix of legacy monolithic systems and modern micro-services architectures. To enable seamless continuous delivery across diverse environments, banks are adopting a unified approach. By designing a single framework that caters to both monoliths (VM-based) and micro-services (container-based) applications, banks streamline their delivery pipelines. This ensures consistency, simplifies management, and accelerates time-to-market for new features and updates.


4. Addressing Testing Bottlenecks: Optimising the Continuous Delivery Process

Testing is a critical component of the continuous delivery process, yet legacy frameworks often present significant bottlenecks. Banks are proactively identifying and addressing these bottlenecks to optimise their delivery pipelines. By integrating solutions into the CD process, such as automated testing frameworks and containerised test environments, banks accelerate testing cycles, improve code quality, and minimise the risk of deployment failures.


The Result: Continuous Digital Transformation

  • Product teams own production deployment and releases.

  • Zero dependencies on any Operations team for prod deployment

  • One click App deployment.  From days to minutes.

  • From monthly releases to weekly Releases.

  • Zero downtime upgrade for Continuous Delivery Platform.


Summary:

Continuous delivery is reshaping the landscape of always-on services such as digital banking, enabling banking to meet the demands of today's fast-paced market. 
Through initiatives such as in-house release engineering tools, automated platform setup, stabilisation of container platforms, unified delivery frameworks, and optimisation of testing processes, banks are poised to deliver superior digital experiences consistently. 
With a standardised workflow powered by the latest containerisation technologies and configuration management tools, banks are paving the way for a future of seamless, uninterrupted digital banking services.

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Kamalika Majumder


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