The Power of Continuous Delivery: Speed and Quality Unleashed

🚀Continuous delivery improves speed and quality by working in small steps and always keeping software in a releasable state.

📈High performers in continuous delivery achieve 208 times faster lead time and 106 times higher deployment frequency.

🧪Measurement is a crucial aspect of continuous delivery, with throughput and stability being key metrics.

🎯Continuous delivery breaks the trade-off between speed and quality, as both can be achieved by working in small, rapid iterations.

🔁The deployment pipeline is central to continuous delivery, providing a definitive statement on releasability.

What is continuous delivery?

—Continuous delivery is a software development approach that focuses on working in small steps and ensuring software is always in a releasable state.

How does continuous delivery improve speed and quality?

—Continuous delivery improves speed and quality by enabling faster lead time, higher deployment frequency, and measuring and optimizing throughput and stability.

Does continuous delivery require deployment automation?

—While deployment automation is a good practice, continuous delivery is not solely about automation. It encompasses working in small steps and keeping software in a constantly releasable state.

Is there a trade-off between speed and quality?

—No, continuous delivery breaks the traditional trade-off between speed and quality by showing that both can be achieved by working in small, rapid iterations and maintaining a releasable state.

What is the role of the deployment pipeline in continuous delivery?

—The deployment pipeline is the key mechanism for determining the releasability of software changes in continuous delivery, providing a definitive statement on readiness for deployment.

00:06Introduction and thanks

00:18The speaker's association with continuous delivery and the importance of discussing it

01:24The state of devops report and its impact on software development and delivery practices

02:46Throughput and stability as key metrics in measuring software team performance

03:38Dramatic differences between high-performance and low-performance teams in continuous delivery

06:00Gaps in traditional organizational responses to performance gaps

08:24The deployment pipeline as the central mechanism for determining releasability

09:44Questions to answer before determining releasability