Strategies

1. Request help from the team, to automate

1.1. Library of automated scripts

1.2. Colloboration in development and bug fixing

1.3. Shared ownership

1.4. Shared benefits

2. Automate everything !

2.1. Write code to document steps

2.2. Learn Python , it has amazing ecosystem of everything you could possibly imagine

3. Desktop Application

3.1. All endpoints are accessible

3.1.1. Risk Databases

3.1.2. Apex Servers

3.1.3. Stash

3.1.4. Jira

3.1.5. Up / Downstream systems

3.1.6. Coins & Minds

3.2. Authentication & Authorization is Implicit

3.3. No setup required, just start automating

3.4. All source code resides in GIT

4. Build a process / framework

4.1. Framework

4.1.1. Declarative

4.1.1.1. Liquibase XML /JSON/YAML

4.1.2. Command Line

4.1.2.1. Execute Bash scripts

4.1.3. GUI

4.1.3.1. Python/Flask/Fabric

4.1.4. Scheduler

4.1.4.1. Tidal

4.2. use familiar Lang / softwares

4.2.1. SQL

4.2.2. PL/SQL

4.2.3. Bash

4.2.4. Liquibase / Java

4.2.5. Tidal

4.2.6. GIT

4.3. easy to troubleshoot

4.3.1. readable scripts

4.3.2. Consistent layout

4.4. easy to integrate automated scripts

4.4.1. Order of execution

4.4.2. dependency

4.4.3. Environment & SDLC aware

4.4.4. Testing

4.4.5. Support multiple languages or tools

4.5. easy to integrate with existing process & tools

4.5.1. Build on what we already have

4.5.2. Minimize learning curve