BuildAbläufe

BuildAbläufe, a German term, denotes the structured sequences of activities used to transform source code into build artefacts and, subsequently, into deployable software. The concept encompasses planning, compilation, packaging, testing, and release steps, and is closely aligned with modern DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines. The aim of BuildAbläufe is to achieve reproducibility, traceability, and efficiency by standardizing task order, environment configuration, and quality checks across builds.

Typical components include integration with version control, dependency management, compilation and linking, unit and integration tests, static analysis, artifact creation, and artifact repositories; deployment steps may be included for staging and production environments. BuildAbläufe are usually implemented as automated pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure Pipelines. They are described or stored as code (configuration as code) to allow versioning, peer review, and rollback.

Because projects differ in language, platform, and delivery requirements, BuildAbläufe vary in detail but share goals of reliability, speed, and transparency. They are documented in runbooks, wikis, or internal tooling and regularly reviewed under software delivery governance. In German-speaking organizations, the term is commonly used in engineering documentation and DevOps discussions to refer to the formalized build and release processes that underpin software delivery.