The ABCs of ContinuousRelease and Deploy in a DevOps approach

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Your organization is struggling to keep up with business demand,

market trends, and customer

feedback.

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Your development teamhas transitioned to Agile, but are you really releasing your applications at the “speed of agile”?

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There is a “wall” separating your customers from your business, development and operations

teams, keeping your organization from achieving the full benefits of Agile.

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So, how are you going to tear down that wall?

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DevOps

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The following slides focus on how to achieve Continuous Release

and Deploy as part of an overall DevOps approach

in 3 moves!

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Align teams

First Move

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With conflicting responsibilities, there is a natural tension between the Development and Operations teams.

Problem

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Solution

It’s important to coordinate and align teams with the same overall goals. To do so, teams must communicate early and often throughout the application delivery lifecycle.

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Build a

Second Move

consistent process

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Problem

Differing processes can result in failed deployments and production outages.

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Solution

Teams often share a single promotion process across the entire Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC).

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Create an

Third Move

automated culture

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Problem

Manual and “half-scripted” deployment steps can cause release failures and potential outages.

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Solution

Automate difficult steps to reduce the chances of manual or “half-scripted” steps leading to a break in production.

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The Continuous Release and Deploy practices with in DevOps approach will

result in accelerated time to market, stable and predictable releases

and fewer outages.

The Continuous Release and Deploy Practices as a part of a DevOps approach

will result in accelerated time-to-market, stable and predictable releases and fewer outages.

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