Continuous Delivery and DevOps – A Quickstart Guide: Start your journey to successful adoption of CD and DevOps, 3rd Edition (English Edition) - Softcover

Swartout, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788995473 ISBN 13: 9781788995474

Verlag: Packt Publishing, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

A practical and engaging guide to help map out, plan and navigate through the journey to successful CD and DevOps adoption.

Key Features

• 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

Book 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

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

Who this book is 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.

Table of Contents

1. The Evolution of Software Delivery
2. Understanding Your Current Pain Points
3. Culture and Behaviors are the Cornerstones to Success
4. Planning for Success
5. Approaches, Tools, and Techniques
6. Avoiding Hurdles
7. Vital Measurements
8. You Are Not Finished Just Yet
9. Expanding Your Opportunity Horizon
10. CD and DevOps Beyond Traditional Software Delivery
11. Appendix - Some Useful Information

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Paul Swartout has spent over 20 years working in the IT industry. Starting out as a developer with a small software house, he has filled a number of roles over the years, including software engineer, system administrator, project manager, program manager, operations manager, scrum master, Agile coach, and software development manager. He has worked across a number of different industries and sectors-from supply chain through manufacturing, education, and retail to entertainment-and within organizations of various sizes, from start-ups to multinational corporates. He is passionate about software and how it is delivered. Since he first encountered Agile over a decade ago, he has been committed to the adoption and implementation of Agile techniques and approaches to improve the efficiency, output, and lives of everyone involved in software development. Over the past few years, he has been heavily involved in the CD and DevOps movement, from heading the team within Nokia that implemented said ways of working to blogging, presenting, authoring, and evangelizing to whoever is in earshot. He strongly believes that CD and DevOps add massive value to the way software is delivered, and he wants to ensure as many people realize this as possible. Paul lives in a small seaside town in the southwest of the UK with his wife, daughters, and two small yapping things. He is a software development manager and Agile coach working for Microsoft, based in the MixRadio team in Bristol in the UK. He has also worked on Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart Guide. You can contact Paul and find out what he's up to via www.swartout.co.uk.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Packt Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1788995473
• ISBN 13: 9781788995474
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar