Supporting Software Development Processes for Academia with GitLab

EPiC series in computing, vol. 95, pp. 229–218

Abstract

Over the past years, several software development teams in the IT Center have continuously improved their development processes. One of the most significant changes was to select GitLab as the central tool for the software-development-life-cycle and to enhance certain processes with the help of this tool in the areas of planning, implementation, interaction in the team and with stakeholders, operations, and deployment. Subsuming the shared knowledge of all these teams, this paper presents the resulting best practices with regards to previously established workflows from the viewpoint of projects supporting university IT services in the areas of student-life-cycle and research data management.

Authors 7

1. Marius Politze Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University , Germany

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2. Uta Christoph Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University , Germany

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

3. Bernd Decker Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University , Germany

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

4. Petar Hristov Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University , Germany

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

5. Ilona Lang Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University , Germany

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

6. Marcel Nelesen Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

7. M. Amin Yazdi Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University , Germany

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany