Presenting work-in-progress to serviced clients can be a challenge. Same goes for the “go-live” activity, which often includes publishing or updating a site.
It is easy to use FTP to copy website files. That approach, however, comes with risks and drawbacks. Moreover “what happens if we want to allow client reviews while work is still on-going?”
That is where a deployment workflow can help.
This talk shares experiences and lessons learned from developing a simple, stable, and consistent deployment workflow for serviced clients.
The talk suggests practices and policies that may be adopted or modified to suit each individual shop. It also examines potential challenges and risks that affect deployment activities. It then makes recommendations to reduce their impact.
Attendees will gain insight to an active deployment workflow, which can be used to demonstrate on-going work to serviced clients. They will also discover a set of tools, practices, and policies, which they can apply on their own client projects.