1. Product Pipelines Swapnil Gupta – QA Manager
Rushikesh Prabhune – Software Technical Consultant
PTC Software India Pvt. Ltd.

2. Abstract
Product release timelines and delivery schedules are getting shorter and shorter in the new era. In the efficient model for product delivery it becomes critical to get the product build in continuous delivery model and even tested/validated as well.
In continuous delivery model, the changes in the product are continuous and it needs to be tested quickly to get the instant feedback and corrections required if any.
Our product builds are following continuous delivery mode. Each build contains the changes which have come into the system from source control after previous build. The build has and displays the details about the changes incorporating it. During the process of the build there are multiple phases. Starting from creating the installer for that particular build, installing the build, validating the installation phase for any of the issues. Once the installation phase is completed successfully, the testing phase happens in a staggered manner. Each successful build goes through the round of BCO (Build Check Out) checks. If the build passes through the BCO phase and no issues are observed then the canary phase of automation testing happens which covers majority of the product functionalities. Once the criteria for the canary phase is met then the build is made available to the entire organization for testing and validation purpose.

3. Basic Questions Product Pipelines Can we deliver it faster?
I have submitted code – When can I see the results?
What is the status of my code?
What the state?
What is the state of product?

4. Developer Integration Tester Code Fix Integrate Build Test Report
Roles
Developer
Code
Fix
Integration
Integrate
Build
Tester
Test
Report

5. DevOps Culture

6. WindchillProduct Pipeline
Product Pipeline Cycle
WindchillProduct Pipeline
Code
Integrate
Build
Test
Analyze
Report

7. Tooling available

8. Jenkins - DevOps

9. Product Pipeline – Detail

10. Product Pipeline – Detail
Development – Continuous Code inflow
Integration – Integrate and Build every 4 hours
Build Check Out – Basic checks for Build validation
Canary Phase – Automated testing of the build
Analyze – Results and report
Deploy – Build released to All

11. Product Pipeline – Dashboard
Provides the details about incoming submissions
Gives snapshot of ongoing builds
Gives preview of each phase like Install, Deploy, Test etc.
Gives quick indication of failure
Provides the way for analysis of failures (links)
Provides the overview of Testing phase
Gives Test Automation results overview
Quick access to detailed test results (Hector)

12. Product Pipeline – Unique features
Git – Source control system used
In-house built radar framework for automated testing
Selenium – Automation tool used
In-house built Hector for automated tests results collection

13. References & Appendix

14. Author Biography
Swapnil Gupta
Working as QA PTC Software
Work experience 12+ years in QA
Currently leading Enterprise Upgrade, Migration and Cross Product Services Team
Rushikesh Prabhune
Working as QA Technical PTC Software
Work experience 10+ years in QA
Currently leading Automation Infrastructure Team

15. Thank You!!!