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DevOps and Release on Demand Competency

“Work is not done when Development completes the implementation of a feature—rather, it is only done when our application is running successfully in production, delivering value to the customer.”

—DevOps Handbook

DevOps and Release on Demand is one of the five core competencies of the Lean Enterprise. This competency describes how implementing DevOps and a continuous delivery pipeline provides the enterprise with the capability to release value, in whole or in part, at any time necessary to meet market and customer demand.

The ability to release value to customers when they need it is crucial to success for today’s businesses. That is why every Agile team, Agile Release Train (ART), and Solution Train ...

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