How do you manage changes ?

This is an anonymous survey to get the real practices in place and use this as input to design improved procedures.
There is no good or bad answer, just tell us your real life ;-)

This first section is focusing on Drops (delivering new functions)

Question 1

Is your yearly schedule for drops aligned with a corporate schedule (IT Monthly drops, R'&D Drops, Other ) ?

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Question 2

What is your drop average frequency ?

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Question 3

What is your Change process followed for drops ? Do you log every production change with a simple change ?

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Question 4

What is your delivery path for drops ?

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Question 5

For DataBase contents, How do you execute your drop ? Which tools do you use and why ?

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Question 6

For ETL contents, how do you execute your drop ? Which tools do you use and why ?

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Question 7

For Reporting contents, how do you execute your drop ? Which tools do you use and why ?

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Question 8

Globally, what are you biggest concerns about the procedures used to deliver Drops.
What are the main area on which you expect improvements ?

The section below is focusing on Hotfixes (i.e. the way you deliver local fixes to production)

Question 9

What is your Hotfix average frequency (since Jan. 1st 2017) ?

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Question 10

What is your Change process followed for Hotfixes ?

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Question 11

What is your delivery path for Hotfixes ?

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Question 12

Which tools do you use to deliver the Hotfix Content (DataBase, ETL, Reports, ...) ?

Question 13

Globally, what are you biggest concerns about the procedures used to deliver Hotfixes.
What are the main area on which you expect improvements ?

Thank you