Welcome to The Buildmeister

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In todays ever more competitive and globalized world, software development organizations are being squeezed with ever increasing time-to-market, cost reduction and compliance pressures. To address these pressures many are changing their release cycles - delivering frequently, with smaller sets of functionality. In parallel they are striving to make their overriding development lifecycle more transparent, visible and auditable. The build process sits at the heart of this effort. To improve, organzations will need to systematically revisit the build process, to understand its value and improve their practices.

The aim of this site is therefore to educate and inform on any topic related to the build process and the tools that can be used to implement it. In particular, the aim of this site is to raise the technical capability and skill level of the implementer of the build process - The Buildmeister.


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The Buildmeister's Guide
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