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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, we've focused on your evolution beyond leading the adoption of CD and DevOps and how you can help the business evolve beyond simply delivering quality software frequently. We've looked at some examples of how CD and DevOps can further improve the ways of working for everyone involved in product delivery and how either/both can help open up new opportunities for the business.

You can probably think of scenarios and interesting problems more pertinent to your situation, organization, or business, but the point is that with CD and DevOps embedded within your ways of working, you are able to take the load off the Ops and Dev team, help them solve new problems, and improve the satisfaction of your customers both internally and externally.

Thus far, we have been sticking to the kinds of web/server-based software delivery that the founders of...