Summary

This concludes Chapter 5. At this point, you have a firm grasp on the meaning of what makes DevOps release management unique. You learned how DevOps is a holistic practice, taking every component of a value stream into account while formulating solutions or improving the overall system. DevOps is unique in that it integrates CI/CD, QA, security, and feedback. Through the use of well-crafted, automated pipelines and a carefully selected patchwork of testing and approval processes, DevOps release management stands alone compared to other release management models. A critically important feature that is unique to the DevOps philosophy is incorporating business teams into the development process. You also explored the three ways of DevOps, a vitally important notion that was popularized by Gene Kim, author of The DevOps Handbook. At this point, you are well poised to distinguish traditional release management methodologies and DevOps ones.

In the next chapter, we will be reviewing...