Chapter 10. Software deployment tools

Chapter 3, “Software deployment best practices” on page 21, introduces the software deployment best practices. This chapter presents the many tools available to help systemically execute against these best practices. We recommend that you take advantage of every tool, technique, process, and procedure available that will accelerate software deployment. The tools in this chapter fall into five primary categories:

  • License management tools

  • Communication tools

  • Self-help tools (support, software entitlement)

  • Education

  • Deployment Services

Most organizations have a customized set of that tools they leverage to manage projects and monitor deployment performance. It is not our goal to have only IBM products in place ...

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