the journey to devops: from waterfall to continuous integration
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THE JOURNEY TO DEVOPS : FROM WATERFALL TO CONTINUOUS INTEGRATIONC H R I S R I L E Y , D E V O P S A N A L Y S T
AGENDA
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• How is the software delivery chain evolving?
• What is the DevOps Journey?
• Where does QA fit?
• Getting Started
• True Tales
• Resources and Q&A
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HOW IS THE DELIVERY CHAIN EVOLVING?
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• Modern application architectures
• Faster and more responsive
• Automation and Data Driven
• Fewer chunks
• “Shift Left”
• You never reach the finish line
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DEVOPS IS A JOURNEY
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Continuous Delivery
Fully automated Development process
Automated testing core to Dev. & Delivery
Dev. and QA functions merge
Continuous Integration
Full adoption of Agile
Automated testing dominates;
manual only for debugging
Dev. and QA collaborate closely
Fast Waterfall
Initial adoption of Agile
Automated testing begins
Dev. & QA start communicate
Waterfall
Traditional sequential design model
Manual testing dominates
Dev. & QA completely separate
Process
People
Tools
COMPONENTS OF DEVOPS
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• More frequent and faster releases
• Automation, Autonomy, Bots
• “Shift Left”
• Emphasis on Pipeline efficiency
• Modern Processes: CI / CD / CD – and on
• Experimentation - Fail Fast
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HOW DOES QA FIT
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• QA becomes a strategy not a task
• QA function will be more technical
• Own test automation and CI
• Maintain and setup automation
• Gather and report on pipeline efficiency
• Steward quality across the entire team
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L E V E R A G E Y O U R H O L I S T I C P O I N T O F V I E W
STRATEGIES
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• Show the data
• Don’t fight it – lead it
• Show the power of automated testing
• Help Developers and Ops help themselves
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TRUE TALES
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• Acorns – a unicorn
• Airbnb – agile to DevOps
• The GSA – unlikely but massive transformation
• TASC – focus on pipeline and quality
• Media – focus on autonomy and visibility
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QUESTIONS?
RESOURCES
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• Whitepaper – The DevOps Journey: From Waterfall to Continuous Delivery
• http://tinyurl.com/hterarf
• Free 14 day Sauce Labs Trial
• https://saucelabs.com/signup/trial
• Sauce Labs
• https://saucelabs.com/
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