The Journey Towards Continuous Deployment

What is this talk about?

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

People

Process

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Continuous Integration/Delivery/Deployment

Audience Participation!!!


What Questions Should You Ask First?


Like any other journey…

• Where do you want to go?

• Why do you want to go?

• Who will be going with you?

• When do you want to go?

• How much time do you have?

• How much will you need to plan?

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• What can you learn from other trips?

• How much money will you need?

• Where will you get the money?

• What things do you have?

• What things will you need?

• What challenges might you face?

• Will the journey be worth it?

Identify the Destination


Software Solution Delivery – IT Concerns


• Inconsistent and manual deployment process

• Formal & gated change control process

• Inconsistent or lack of automated testing

• Unchecked code quality analysis

• No deployment process measurements

• Requests for infrastructure can take weeks

• Inconsistent and non-standard VM configurations

Software Solution Delivery – Business Drivers


• Deliver solutions faster to market

• Increase quality of solutions

• Reduce risk of failure

• Reduce cost of solution delivery

• Realize competitive advantage

• Uninterrupted customer experience

New Feature

Idea

???

Profit!!!

Get There With People


Take it on the road and always be closing…


Developers

Quality Assurance

Management

Product Owners

On-Premise Infrastructure

Information Security

Change Advisory Board

Executives

System Administrators

Operations

Help Desk

Cloud Infrastructure

Architects

Monitoring and Performance

Get There With Process


What are the differences between Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment?


Get There With Technology


A few things you will need


• Source code repository

• Automation workflow engine

• Software defined infrastructure

• Configuration management

• Monitoring tools

• DevOps minded contributors

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Closing remarks…

• There is no “one size fits all” type of solution, it is a continuous evolution

• Top down approach typically has better success than bottom up

• Technology and process can get you far, but without people across the organization on board, failure is most likely guaranteed

• Do not attempt to “boil the ocean”. Start with an attainable, realistic and measureable goal

• Be transparent and evangelize the progress and outcomes of the work


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