Chapter 8: DevOps and Continuous Delivery to Accelerate Flow

Lean is about constant ticking, not occasional kicking.

– Alex Miller, Professor of Management at the University of Tennessee

Chapter 7, Technical Agility with Patterns and Techniques, explained technical excellence and focused on patterns and techniques for attaining technical agility. This chapter focuses on DevOps and automation, which is the second segment of technical agility.

DevOps has gained significant momentum in the last few years and fueled success for many enterprises. Adopting a DevOps culture in software development and operations is increasingly necessary to deliver reliable systems faster through better collaboration and operational excellence. Continuously delivering value with a substantially high velocity with quality and flawless solutions demands a considerable amount of automation, similar to that in the manufacturing industry. Like a conveyor belt in manufacturing, in which goods pass...