Summary

Understanding what problems DevOps release management was designed to solve is crucial before you can expect to wield it effectively. After reading this chapter, you should have a baseline knowledge of many key aspects of the DevOps life cycle. You now understand the importance of incorporating automation techniques for testing, deployment, and change management. Further, you learned about strategies that reduce potential risks and accelerate the release of software products, using release pipelines. Also, you now understand what steps are needed to streamline the release process in a standardized way. Finally, you have the foundational knowledge that is needed to improve metrics and KPIs for successful releases and customer happiness.

In the next chapter, you’ll learn about the essence of what makes DevOps release management unique compared to other release management models. By learning the DevOps release management philosophy, you’ll understand the key differences...