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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)

Being transparent

As we previously covered, being secretive about what you do and how you do it is not conducive to building an open, honest, and trust-based working environment or culture. If anyone and everyone can see what is going on, there should be no surprises. What we're looking for is a culture, and ways of working where change is good and frequent, individuals work together on common goals, the wider business trusts the product-delivery teams to deliver what is needed when it is needed, and the operations teams know what is coming. If there is a high degree of visibility across the entire process, anyone and everyone can see this happening, and more importantly, how effective it is.

You should look at the option of installing large screens around the office to display stats, facts, and figures. You might well have something like this set up already, but I suspect...