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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)

What about me?

Let's presume at this point in the narrative that you have been instrumental in the successful adoption of CD and DevOps and have delivered what you set out to do. Things are working well, even better than you envisaged. The business is all grown up, can tie its own shoe laces, and doesn't need you to hold its hand anymorewell, not quite.

As mentioned in Chapter 8, You Are Not Finished Just Yet, you should take a moment or two to consider where most of the individuals within the business were at the beginning of the journey and where they are now. Consider the changes in ways of working, communication, collaboration, and behaviors. Think of the proportion of innovators, followers, and laggards in the early stages of the evolution and what the proportion is now. Taking all of this into account, you will most probably find that in reality, the majority...