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Understanding Your Current Pain Points

In Chapter 1, The Evolution of Software Delivery, you were introduced to ACME systems and given an insight into how it realized that there were problems with its software delivery process (severely impacting its ability to meet the expectations of its customers and deliver value to them), how it identified and addressed these problems, evolved, and after some hard work, determination, and time, adopted CD and DevOps ways of working to overcome them.

The story based upon a fictional business is pretty simplistic and linear to make it easier for you the reader to follow. Real life is never that simple, but there are a number of key points that were raised during the storytelling that do apply to real-life businesses. The most important of these for any business considering—or actively pursuing—the adoption of CD and/or DevOps...

Key benefits

Identify and overcome the issues that stifle the delivery of quality software

Learn how Continuous Delivery and DevOps work together with other agile tools

Real-world examples, tricks and tips that will help the successful adoption of CD & DevOps

Description

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

Who is this book for?

Whether you are a software developer, a system administrator, an agile coach, a product manager, a project manager, a CTO, a VP, a CEO or anyone else involved in software delivery, you will have a common problem which is delivering quality software. This book has been written for anyone and everyone who wants to understand how to regularly deliver quality software to their customers without said pain.

What you will learn

Explore Continuous Delivery and DevOps in depth

Discover how CD and DevOps fits in with recent trends such as DataOps, SecOps, pipelines and CI

Understand the root causes of the pain points within your existing product delivery process

Understand the human elements of CD and DevOps and how intrinsic they are to your success

Avoid common traps, pitfalls and hurdles as you implement CD and DevOps

Monitor and communicate the relative success of DevOps and CD adoption

Extend and reuse CD and DevOps approaches

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