Continuous Delivery in Java

Chapter 14. Migrating to Continuous Delivery

At this point in the book, you have learned many of the technical principles and practices associated with continuous delivery. In this chapter, you will learn about the challenges with migrating your organization and team to this way of working. You will also learn current good practices and approaches to make this easier.

Continuous Delivery Capabilities

If you have read the book chapter to chapter, you will have read several times about the continuous delivery capabilities that Nicole Forsgren, Gene Humble, and Gene Kim have identified in their book, Accelerate. Through their work with the State of DevOps Reports and by running the DevOps Enterprise conference series they have had a unique opportunity to identify what makes a high-performing organization. They have also developed insight into which approaches work and which don’t, and developed scientifically validated models on best practices.

One of the key findings of their research is the uncovering of 24 key capabilities that drive improvement in software delivery performance in a statistically significant way. These capabilities have been classified into five categories: continuous delivery; architecture; product and process; lean manufacturing and monitoring; and cultural. You will note that continuous delivery is a category in and of itself; this is how significant the practice is for creating a high-performing organization.

Examining the continuous capabilities in more ...