Business Outcome Alignment with CI/CD Design Patterns

In this chapter, we will connect the business outcome to CI/CD design patterns. Business outcomes can be considered as top-level goals. Organizations steer to launch new product features and services to enhance profitability, brand recognition, and customer satisfaction.

It is not always simple to clearly articulate and prioritize business goals without a systematic plan, and then it becomes even more complex to connect initiatives such as CI/CD design pattern implementation to objectives and key results (OKRs). OKRs are a goal-driven framework that provides an effective way of defining business objectives and managing them through goals. The OKR-based way of driving business outcomes with goals mapped to different functional areas helps siloed teams come together for a purpose. Moreover, OKR-based goal setting can help connect technical teams and initiatives (such as CI/CD design pattern implementation) to a particular business...