Automating Availability Modeling Process with Visio and Azure DevOps

Challenges

  • Complex manual process for modeling availability
  • Distinct builds created for all versions and environments for each product

Solutions

  • Using Visio as part of the POC application
  • Azure DevOps
  • New branching strategy and pull requests

Benefits

  • Automation for availability model
  • Reduced time required for models
  • Azure provides one location for full process to be completed

The Company: Asset Management and Integrity Services

A leader in building, implementing, and maintaining comprehensive reliability programs for process facilities in the oil and gas, chemical, mining, pharmaceutical, wastewater, and electric power industries.

The client needed assistance in developing an Availability Model POC.

Additionally, they wanted to release full deployments in the Azure DevOps cloud ecosystem.

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