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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)

Planning for Success

Throughout Chapter 2, Understanding Your Current Pain Points, you were introduced to the tools and techniques to identify the problems you may well have with your overall product delivery process. We referred to this as the elephant in the room as it is something that is not hard to spot, just very easy to ignore.

We then drilled down a little further during Chapter 3, Culture and Behaviors are the Cornerstones to Success, to highlight (and in some ways reinforce) the fact that the culture and environment within which the teams working on and delivering changes operate has a massive impact on behaviors. This in turn impacts how they work and the quality of what they deliver.

We will now take these learnings and apply some focus on the various methods, approaches, techniques, and tools you can use to turn this into something that you can implement to overcome...