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'''Application -release automation''' ('''ARA''') refers to the process of packaging and deploying an [[application software|application]] or update of an application from development, across various environments, and ultimately to production.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gartner IT Glossary {{ndash}} Application Release Automation (ARA)|website=Gartner|url=http://www.gartner.com/it-glossary/application-release-automation-ara/|accessdateaccess-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> ARA solutions must combine the capabilities of deployment automation, environment management and modeling, and release coordination.<ref>{{cite report |title= Application Release Automation Market Forecast|publisher=Forrester |date=2015}}</ref>

== Relationship with DevOps ==

ARA tools help cultivate [[DevOps]] best practices by providing a combination of automation, environment modeling and workflow -management capabilities. These practices help teams deliver software rapidly, reliably and responsibly. ARA tools achieve a key DevOps goal of implementing [[continuous delivery]] with a large quantity of releases quickly. <ref>{{cite report |title=Garner Market Trends: DevOps – Not a Market, but Tool-Centric Philosophy That supports a Continuous Delivery Value Chain |publisher=Gartner |date=18 February 2015}}</ref>

== Relationship with Deploymentdeployment ==

ARA is more than just [[Software deployment|software-deployment]] automation – it deploys applications using structured release -automation techniques that allow for an increase in visibility for the whole team.<ref>{{cite book |last=Humble |first=Jez |last2=Farley |first2=David |date=2011 |title=Continuous Delivery: reliable software releases through build, test, and deployment automation |publisher= Pearson Education Inc. |page=255-257 |isbn=978-0-321-60191-9}}</ref> It combines workload automation and release -management tools as they relate to release packages, as well as movement through different environmentenvironments within the DevOps pipeline.<ref>{{cite report |title=Market Overview: Application Release Automation Tools |publisher=Forrester |date=2015}}</ref> ARA tools help regulate deployments, how environments are created and deployed, and how and when releases are deployed.<ref>{{cite report |title=Market Guide for Application Release Automation Solutions |publisher=Gartner |date=20 July 2015}}</ref>

ARA is more than just [[Software deployment]] automation – it deploys applications using structured release automation techniques that allow for an increase in visibility for the whole team.<ref>{{cite book |last=Humble |first=Jez |last2=Farley |first2=David |date=2011 |title=Continuous Delivery: reliable software releases through build, test, and deployment automation |publisher= Pearson Education Inc. |page=255-257 |isbn=978-0-321-60191-9}}</ref> It combines workload automation and release management tools as they relate to release packages, as well as movement through different environment within the DevOps pipeline.<ref>{{cite report |title=Market Overview: Application Release Automation Tools |publisher=Forrester |date=2015}}</ref> ARA tools help regulate deployments, how environments are created and deployed, and how and when releases are deployed.<ref>{{cite report |title=Market Guide for Application Release Automation Solutions |publisher=Gartner |date=20 July 2015}}</ref>

== ARA Solutions ==

All ARA solutions must include capabilities in automation, environment modeling, and release coordination. Additionally, the solution must provide this functionality without reliance on other tools. <ref>{{cite report |title=Critical Capabilities for Application Release Automation Solutions |publisher=Gartner | last=Fletcher |first=Colin |date=1 August 2016}}</ref>

[[Gartner]] and [[Forrester Research|Forrester]] have published lists of ARA tools in their ARA Magic Quadrant and Wave reports respectively.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.gartner.com/doc/3808763/magic-quadrant-application-release-automation|title=Magic Quadrant for Application Release Automation|last=Fletcher|first=Colin|date=27 September 2017|publisher=Gartner|issue=|doi=|volume=|pmid=|access-date=}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forrester.com/report/The+Forrester+Wave+Continuous+Delivery+And+Release+Automation+Q3+2017/-/E-RES137969|title=The Forrester Wave™: Continuous Delivery and Release Automation, Q3 2017|last=Stroud|first=Robert|date=30 August 2017|website=www.forrester.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>All ARA solutions must include capabilities in automation, environment modeling, and release coordination. Additionally, the solution must provide this functionality without reliance on other tools. <ref>{{cite report |title=Critical Capabilities for Application Release Automation Solutions |publisher=Gartner | last=Fletcher |first=Colin |date=1 August 2016}}</ref>

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