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Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart guide

By : Paul Swartout
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Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart guide

By: Paul Swartout

Overview of this book

<p>For a while now, there has been a buzz around the IT industry regarding continuous delivery and DevOps. This book will provide you with some background information into these two new kids on the block and how they can help you to optimize, streamline and improve the way you work and ultimately how you ship quality software. <br /><br />"Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart guide" will provide you with a clear and concise insight into what continuous delivery and DevOps are all about, how to go about preparing for and implementing them and what quantifiable business value they bring. Included within are some tricks and trips based upon real world experiences which may help you reduce the time and effort needed if you were to go it alone.<br /><br />In this book, you will be taken through a journey of discovery starting with real world successes, how you should prepare, plan for and implement CD and DevOps and what the pitfalls are along the way<br /><br />We will start looking at the evolution of a typical software house from fledgling start-up through the growing pains that comes with global success to a best of both worlds. We’ll delve into the many aspects of what they did to complete this evolution covering topics such as how they realized there was a problem to solve, how they set about preparing for and implementing continuous delivery and DevOps and what tools, techniques and approaches they used along the way – some technical and some not so. If you work within an organization that delivers software, you will be able to plot where you are on the evolutionary scale, understand where you need to do to be more effective, cherry pick the tools, techniques and approaches that work for you and realize the best of both worlds.<br /><br />"Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart guide" will provide you with the background and information you need to realize the benefits within your own business</p>
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart Guide
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Setting and communicating goals and vision


A goal and vision for any project is important as it ensures all concerned know what is expected and for those working on the project understand where it, and they, are heading. It may sound quite simple but it is not always obvious. In addition to setting the goal and vision, it is just as important what you communicate and how you do it. Do either incorrectly, and you are in danger of losing buy-in from the business, especially the senior management. For example, they may believe that to fix just one or two of the issues highlighted during the investigation will be enough to overcome all of the problems found. You have to be crystal clear what you plan to achieve, and crystal clear who you are communicating this to.

When it comes to CD and DevOps this can be quite challenging as the deliverables and benefits are not always easy for the un-initiated to understand or envision. It may also be difficult to fully quantify as some of the benefits you...