Quick Deploy List for Content Deployment Bottlenecks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Administrators often act as bottlenecks in quickly moving content from an authoring network to a perimeter network, hindering timely deployment of content, especially for time-sensitive or error-prone materials.
Innovation Solution
A deployment server is configured to allow non-administrators, including authors, to selectively move content by using a quick deploy list, which enables items and their dependencies to be deployed without specific administrator authorization, with permissions set by administrators to limit paths and schedules for deployment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If administrators control content movement from authoring network to perimeter network, then security and authorization are maintained, but deployment speed and timeliness deteriorate due to administrator bottleneck
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments authorization control into two levels: administrators define deployment paths, schedules, and permission rules in advance, while authors are empowered to independently add content to the quick deploy list within those predefined boundaries. This segmentation eliminates the administrator bottleneck for routine deployments while maintaining security through the predefined framework.
Solution Approach 2:
Administrators perform preliminary configuration by defining deployment paths, schedules, and author permissions before actual content deployment occurs. The quick deploy list mechanism is pre-configured with allowed paths and schedules, enabling authors to rapidly deploy content without real-time administrator intervention while staying within authorized boundaries.
2Reliability
If administrators manually approve each content deployment, then security is maintained, but time consumption and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Administrators pre-configure security policies including allowed deployment paths, schedules, and author permissions. Once configured, the system automatically enforces these policies without requiring administrator approval for each individual deployment, eliminating approval delays while maintaining security through the predefined framework.
Solution Approach 2:
Authors are empowered to self-service content deployment by independently adding items to the quick deploy list within administrator-defined boundaries. The system automatically processes these deployments according to predefined schedules and paths, eliminating the need for administrator approval while maintaining security controls.
3Productivity
If quick deploy list is checked frequently, then deployment timeliness is improved, but system resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The deployment server checks the quick deploy list at predetermined periodic intervals (e.g., every five minutes) rather than continuously or on every system event. This periodic checking mechanism achieves timely deployment for time-sensitive content while significantly reducing system resource consumption compared to continuous monitoring approaches.
Data Source
AI summary
Non-administrators selectively move content from a source network to a destination network. The source network includes a deployment server that can deploy an item and its dependencies (if any) listed in a quick deploy list without having to get specific administrator authorization for the deployment. The deployment server can be configured to check the quick deploy list relatively frequently so that any items listed in the quick deploy list are quickly deployed. The listing of items in the quick deploy list is organized into “jobs” and identifies a path that indicates the source and destination for each job. A job is associated with one path and specifies one or more items of the source to be deployed and a schedule to deploy the specified item(s). The deployment server is configured by the administrator with permissions for specific authors to list items in the quick deploy list.