Scaling your app's release process

We’ll discuss some strategies to iterate on your app release process, some software tools that can help you, and how to reorient your organization for a mobile-first world.

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1. June 2022
   Scaling your app’s release
   process
   
   
   Neil Kimmett
   

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2. Scaling your app’s release
   process
   
   
   Neil Kimmett
   June 2022
   

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   @neilkimmett
   👋 hello
   
   
   🇬🇧 from Southampton
   
   
   🗽 live in NYC
   
   
   📱 Director of Eng @ ClassPass
   

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   Write code
   
   
   Ship code
   

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   Write code
   
   
   Ship code
   Vecteezy.com
   

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    What it means to ship an
    app
    

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    How ClassPass has evolved
    our process
    

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    How you can design
    
    
    your process
    

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    What it means to ship an
    app
    

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    Deploying web code
    

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    Deploying web code
    

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    Deploying web code
    

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    Deploying web code
    

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    Deploying web code
    

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    Deploying web code
    

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    Deploying web code
    

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    Deploying app code
    

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    Deploying app code
    

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    Deploying app code
    

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    Deploying app code
    

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    Deploying app code
    

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    Deploying app code
    

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    What can we do about it?
    

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    Start small
    

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    1.0.0
    

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    1.0.0
    

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    1.0.0
    major
    

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    1.0.0
    major
    minor
    

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    1.0.0
    major
    minor
    patch
    

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    Versioning strategy
    

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    Versioning strategy
    

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    Versioning strategy
    

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    Branching strategy
    

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    Branching strategy
    GitFlow
    

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    Branching strategy
    Trunk
    

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    Automate some stuff
    

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    fastlane.tools
    

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    Introduce process as you go
    

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    Create a release checklist ✅
    

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    Create a release checklist ✅
    

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    Create a planning sheet 📄
    

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    Create a planning sheet 📄
    

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    Run regular retrospectives 🔄
    

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    Run regular retrospectives 🔄
    • Talk about your feelings
    
    
    • Discuss what’s working and what isn’t
    
    
    • Continuously improve your process
    
    
    • Check out retrospectivewiki.org for format ideas
    

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    Release strategies 🚢
    

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    Release strategies 🚢
    

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    Release strategies 🚢
    • Feature based releases ✨
    
    
    • Keep developing features, release when ready
    

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    Release strategies 🚢
    • Release train 🚂
    
    
    • Regular release cadence
    
    
    • If feature isn’t ready in time, it misses the train and catches the next one
    • Feature based releases ✨
    
    
    • Keep developing features, release when ready
    

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    Tools to join the big leagues
    
    
    🛠💪
    

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    Feature flags 🚩
    

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    Feature flags 🚩
    

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    Feature flags 🚩
    

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    Server driven UI ☁
    

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    Server driven UI
    

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    ClassPass cancel flow
    

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    Build an internal tool 🛠
    

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    Build an internal tool
    

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    Build an internal tool
    

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    Buy a tool 💸
    

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    Buy a tool
    runway.team
    

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    Buy a tool
    runway.team
    

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    Buy a tool
    runway.team
    

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    Start small
    Introduce
    
    
    process
    
    
    as you go
    Add tooling
    
    
    where
    
    
    needed
    

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