Future Trends of Continuous Delivery

We covered many aspects of modern technologies that are constantly evolving the posture for continuous delivery (CD) in previous chapters. Through advancements, there has been substantial progress made when it comes to the stability and throughput of software delivery. Referring to the results from the State of DevOps report over a decade, organizations have adopted different aspects of CD practices starting from cloud technologies, automation, and progressive deployment.

Organizations also measure progress using different types of metrics; most of them have adopted DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) metrics in some way. However, with the evolution going mainstream, it is also becoming complex, and practitioners are constantly being challenged to learn about new products, tools, and new technology. Providing some context to this chapter, the evolution of CD is driven by the challenges and constantly changing ecosystem of producers and consumers...