Roadmap
Goal: Centralise Source Code Management, CI/CD, and app testing with built-in best DevSecOPs practices for ease of use by agencies.
Roadmap FY25
| Component | Q1 (Apr-Jun) | Q2 (Jul-Sep) | Q3 (Oct-Dec)* | Q4 (Jan-Mar)* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI tools | - Coding Assistants (Copilot, Windsurf Plugin & Self-hosted, Duo) (Shipped) - VICA Chatbot (Shipped) |
- Agentic capabilities for Coding Assistants: - Windsurf Editor (Agent) (Pilot) - Copilot (Agentic Mode) |
- Coding Assistant (GA) - Integration of Model Context Protocol (MCP) (Pilot) |
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| DevSecOps metrics and insights | - Dashboard for SHIP-HATS GitLab projects (via CodeScape) (Shipped) | - | - SHIP Developer Insights (Pilot) | - |
| Developer experience | - | - | - Coder (Trial) | - Golden paths: For using GitOps and Nexus report template |
| Platform & Performance | - Higher spec docker runners - medium and large (Shipped) - ARM64 Docker runners (Shipped) |
- Shared runner variant: GitLab DinD Runner (to replace CStack runner) (Shipped) - Runner+ (Pilot) for GCC+ |
- Runner+ (GA) for GCC+ - Shared runner variant: macOS |
- SHIP-HATS tooling re-evaluation outcomes |
| CI/CD tools | - | - Atlassian dedicated model (GA) (Shipped) | - Atlassian Goals | - Atlassian Intelligence on SHIP (Rovo) - SHIP on Mobile: access Jira and JSM via mobile |
| DevSecOps baseline & testing | - Socket.dev (Trial) (Shipped) | - | - | - |
| Billing & Account management | - View last active report (Jira, Confluence, GitLab & JSM) (Shipped) | - SHIP Account Management API (Pilot) (onboard & offboard) | - | - SHIP-HATS pricing revision |
* Subject to change with priorities
Things under exploration
This section lists the new tools, features, or approaches under investigation and evaluation.
| Component | Items |
|---|---|
| AI tools | - Tools: Cursor, Claude Code - Governance: AI Governance Platform (controls, MCP, and related capabilities) - Practices: AI features and their impact across SDLC stages |
| DevSecOps metrics and insights | - DevSecOps data on DevConsole |
| Developer experience | - Golden paths: For using GitOps and Nexus report template |
| Platform & Performance | Platform reliability (SLA and BCP): - Exploring uptime targets and business continuity plans |
| CI/CD tools | - Loom |
| Billing & Account management | - Vendor subscription possibilities |
Roadmap FY24
| Component | Q1 (Apr-Jun) | Q2 (Jul-Sep) | Q3 (Oct-Dec) | Q4 (Jan-Mar) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform Enablement | - Discover Innersource portal (Shipped Q2) - Agency Content Sharing (GovTech Pilot) |
Jira and Confluence Cloud Pilot (Shipped) | - Jira and Confluence Cloud GA - GCC+ Deployment Playbook - Agency Content Sharing (Exemption feature) - DevConsole harmonisation |
- Jira Service Management (Shared) - Atlassian Cloud Dedicated Offering |
| CI/CD Tools & Features | - Levelled Compliance Framework (Shipped) - Coding Assistant Programme (Shipped Q2) |
- Load Testing Tool Pilot (Deprioritised) - GitLab DedicatedRunners(Pilot) (Delayed) |
Gen-AI Tool Pilot (Copilot and Codeium Shipped) | GitLab Dedicated Runners |
| Security Baseline & Testing Tools | CodeSCAPE: Additional security findings support (Shipped) Note: CodeSCAPE was previously known as DevSecOps Maturity Dashboard. |
CodeSCAPE: Branch and on-demand Scan. (Shipped) | - | - |
| Metrics and VSM | Data Warehouse Pilot with Databricks (Deprioritised) | - | - CodeSCAPE: Statistical view, DGP, SLSA integration and aggregation list | CodeSCAPE: GA |
| Support | Accelerated L1 Support (Pilot) (Shipped) | - SHIP-HATS Pricing (Shipped) - New training curriculum for SHIP-HATS (Shipped) |
- SHIP-HATS Jira and Confluence Migration - Accelerated L1 Support (GA)(Shipped) |
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Roadmap FY23
| Component | Q1 (Apr-Jun) | Q2 (Jul-Sep) | Q3 (Oct-Dec) | Q4 (Jan-Mar) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform Enablement | SSO for Atlassian Productsshipped) InnerSource shipped) |
Runners to support GitLab-native services shipped) Hivemind Chatbot (pilot) shipped) SHIP-HATS VS-code (experimental) shipped)** |
Jira/Confluence Cloud Pilot (JSM & Multi-tenancy) Developer Productivity Tools Study shipped)** |
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| CI/CD Tools & Features | - | GitLab Guest-Account Enablement with TechPass shipped) Secure Infrastructure as Code (SIaC) template shipped) |
Limiting Feature for GitLab Guest Accounts shipped)** | Support for GCC+ BCP shipped)** GitLab-hosted runners (pilot) |
| Security Baseline & Testing Tools | SemGrep(bg scanning/XCA) shipped) SLSA shipped) SLSA: SBOM + Attestation shipped)** |
StackOps Logs Integration shipped)** | SLSA: Signing of SBOM + Attestation shipped)** | - |
| Metrics and VSM | DevSecOps Maturity Report (Beta) shipped)** | - | - | DevSecOps Maturity Dashboard (now known as CodeSCAPE)shipped)** |
| Migration | ChatOps (Workato for migration) shipped)** | Workato for ops monitoring shipped) Decomm OpenVPN shipped) |
SHIP-HATS 1.0 to 2.0 Migration Completion shipped)** | - |
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