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Continuous Delivery and DevOps ??? A Quickstart Guide - Third Edition

By : Paul Swartout
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Continuous Delivery and DevOps ??? A Quickstart Guide - Third Edition

By: Paul Swartout

Overview of this book

Over the past few years, Continuous Delivery (CD) and DevOps have been in the spotlight in tech media, at conferences, and in boardrooms alike. Many articles and books have been written covering the technical aspects of CD and DevOps, yet the vast majority of the industry doesn’t fully understand what they actually are and how, if adopted correctly they can help organizations drastically change the way they deliver value. This book will help you figure out how CD and DevOps can help you to optimize, streamline, and improve the way you work to consistently deliver quality software. In this edition, you’ll be introduced to modern tools, techniques, and examples to help you understand what the adoption of CD and DevOps entails. It provides clear and concise insights in to what CD and DevOps are all about, how to go about both preparing for and adopting them, and what quantifiable value they bring. You will be guided through the various stages of adoption, the impact they will have on your business and those working within it, how to overcome common problems, and what to do once CD and DevOps have become truly embedded. Included within this book are some real-world examples, tricks, and tips that will help ease the adoption process and allow you to fully utilize the power of CD and DevOps
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Summary

Throughout this chapter, you have been given an insight into the following aspects: how to expose problems within your product delivery process (what we're calling the elephant in the room), the challenges and benefits of using collaborative and engaging approaches to identify these problems, and some effective tools and techniques to help you break down the problems into easily identifiable chunks of work.

Now, you know how to obtain valuable information and data about your problem(s) and have some much-needed actions to work with. You also now know how to inspect. Let's presume these problems revolve around the waste created through long release cycles and a siloed organization. That being the case, you have a very clear objective that will almost certainly address the problems and deliver what the entire business needs. All you now need to do is pull together...