Kruger Embracing DevOps Release Management

Strategies and tools to accelerate continuous delivery and ensure quality software deployment
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-83546-694-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 350 Seiten

At the core of software development lies the imperative of swiftly and reliably releasing new features and updates, emphasizing the vital role of release management in the DevOps methodology. Discover how software development teams can elevate their processes by incorporating quality checks and shifting left, moving testing, automation, and QA procedures much earlier into the SDLC. However, release management is still tasked with application monitoring, overseeing infrastructure components, and managing change orders and schedules.
This book offers insights into the essence of DevOps Release Management, illuminating its nuances and providing basic strategies for its implementation. You'll explore how CI/CD pipelines enforce good DevOps release management and master techniques to optimize them. You'll also learn how to foster a culture of cross-functional product development that minimizes waste and maximizes value to the customer.
By the end of the book, you'll have gained a comprehensive understanding of DevOps release management, its benefits, and practical implementation strategies. Equipped with this knowledge, you'll be able to assess your own development processes and identify areas for improvement, ultimately leading to increased efficiency, collaboration, and value creation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kruger, Joel

Weitere Mitwirkende

Beal, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Groupware
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Software Engineering
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents - Understanding the Software Development Life Cycle
- A Brief Introduction to Release Management
- What Are the Various SDLC Release Management Models?
- What Problems Does DevOps Release Management Try to Solve?
- Understanding What Makes DevOps Release Management Unique
- Understanding the Basics of CI/CD
- A Practical Pipeline for Technical Release Managers
- How CI/CD Pipelines Enforce Good DevOps Release Management
- Embracing DevOps Culture in Your Release Management Strategy
- What Does Receiving Support from Leadership and Stakeholders Look Like?
- Overcoming Common Pitfalls in DevOps Release Management

Über Autor(innen)

Kruger Joel :

Joel Kruger is a senior DevOps professional and solutions architect with over 10 years of experience building CI/CD pipeline infrastructure in commercial and federal sectors. He is also an expert in employing container orchestration systems for automating computer application deployments at scale. He is a proponent of building reusable CI/CD pipeline configurations as downloadable and self-serve software factories. Joel is a very hands-on and customer-service-oriented person who loves to solve a challenge. Technology excites him, from cloud computing to embedded Raspberry Pi projects. He loves being creative with tech and is not afraid to get some hot solder in his shoelaces. Joel owns and operates his own corporation, dynamicVSM, as a freelance DevOps consultant and has experience architecting solutions that scale, reduce waste, and increase visibility. He works together with clients to help manage their value streams better.