10 Things You Can Do NOW To Get Started with Automating your ServiceNow App Deployments

[SaschaWildgrube]

We all love lists. They provide a sense of order and manage expectations. This list can help teams
to get started adopting the ideas and techniques described in the "CICD Whitepaper".

This list, however, does not replace the laborious work on the details. It is an entry point. Not a
short cut:

1. Create a first scoped application
If you did not do it ever before, go to “Studio” and create a new scoped application.

2. Connect an application to Source Control
Reach out to the team that maintains your in-house source control system (or get yourself
a GitHub account) and link your scoped application to a source control repository

3. Install the Deployer App
Navigate to https://www.wildgrube.com/servicenow-deployer and follow the installation
instructions. Setup a pipeline and perform your first fully automated deployment.

4. Write the first Automated Test
Create a Test Suite and create a first automated test.

5. Explore Instance Scan
Make yourself familiar with Instance Scan - ServiceNow’s static code analysis tool.

6. Start a Coding Guideline with the CodeSanity App
Navigate to https://www.wildgrube.com/servicenow-codesanity and follow the
installation instructions. Then start checking your applications using the “CodeSanity”
Instance Scan suite.

7. Define your App Architecture
Draw a potential architecture design where each box represents an application. Which
team would then be responsible for which app?

8. Organize a CICD Workshop
Plan for two or three days with the complete team to gather their insights, come up with
a clear and precise problem description and then evaluate how the guidance in this
whitepaper can solve the problem. Define a backlog of action items.

9. Setup the Community of Practice
Organize a recurring meeting with the development team where everyone is heard and
decisions on the development process, coding practices, and deployment automation
are made and documented.

10. Share the Whitepaper with your Team
Take this whitepaper and share it within your organization to get the conversation
started:

https://www.wildgrube.com/download/A%20mature%20Development%20and%20Deployment%20Process.pdf