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Embracing DevOps Release Management

You're reading from   Embracing DevOps Release Management Strategies and tools to accelerate continuous delivery and ensure quality software deployment

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835461853
Length 350 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Joel Kruger Joel Kruger
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Understanding the Software Development Life Cycle and Its Design
2. Chapter 1: Understanding the Software Development Life Cycle FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: A Brief Introduction to Release Management 4. Chapter 3: What Are the Various SDLC Release Management Models? 5. Part 2: The Advantages of DevOps Release Management
6. Chapter 4: What Problems Does DevOps Release Management Try to Solve? 7. Chapter 5: Understanding What Makes DevOps Release Management Unique 8. Chapter 6: Understanding the Basics of CI/CD 9. Chapter 7: A Practical Pipeline for Technical Release Managers 10. Chapter 8: How CI/CD Pipelines Enforce Good DevOps Release Management 11. Part 3: Develop a Culture of DevOps in Your Organization’s Release Management Strategy
12. Chapter 9: Embracing DevOps Culture in Your Release Management Strategy 13. Chapter 10: What Does Receiving Support from Leadership and Stakeholders Look Like? 14. Chapter 11: Overcoming Common Pitfalls in DevOps Release Management 15. Index 16. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

How do traditional release management methodologies stack up against DevOps?

Planning large releases, which requires a greater amount of work and risk, is a common focus of traditional methodologies. Complexity often arises fast while working in longer cycles with fewer releases. In this setting, you will have strict deadlines and a laundry list of extras to meet. Big releases may be spectacular, but they are certainly an inefficient method of production. However, DevOps uses a different strategy; smaller releases are more manageable since they are simpler to comprehend and test. If things don’t go as planned, there is less damage to manage. Essentially, DevOps allows your company to quickly adapt to fluctuating client demands by enabling faster, lighter releases.

When it comes to managing any kind of development, traditional techniques commonly make use of planning and scheduling systems. Many moving parts are normally associated with a development cycle. This is especially...

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