Application Packaging and Deployment Preparation
Implement Application Packaging Best Practices to Standardize Application Deployments
Flexera Software's application packaging best practices service enables companies to learn and adopt industry best practices that efficiently prepare applications for application deployment software that automates enterprise-wide deployment. Our consultants work closely with you to review your application preparation roadmap and refine your entire application packaging and deployment process.
Methodology and Services
The application packaging best practices service is divided into two stages:
- Standards Requirements: Discovery and Definition
- Processes and Standards: Design, Implementation, and Documentation
Standards Requirements: Discovery and Definition
During this stage, Consulting Services will help you determine and define the requirements for application packaging standards for your organization. Information will be assembled into a set of requirements by:
- Reviewing existing documents and processes
- Reviewing current application lists, assessing priorities, and developing a proposed solution
- Defining templates, typical application packages, requests, and standards
- Understanding network and remote site implications
Processes and Standards: Design, Implementation, and Documentation
Consulting Services will develop final processes and standards based on requirements gathered during the discovery and definition process. The recommended processes and standards will be documented and reviewed with you. Services for this stage include:
- Compiling similarities and differences between requirements for application packages
- Determining core set of standards and extensions that must be applied for application installation in various environments across your organization
- Completion of a detailed application specification for moving your application packaging environment to a structured MSI installer approach, including information such as:
- Application packaging environments, templates and types
- Procedures for entire application packaging procedure—from application management to testing and conflict resolution
- Roles and responsibilities
- Guidelines for merge modules and shared files