The DevOps Handbook, 2nd Edition
by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis, Nicole Forsgren
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AGILE, CONTINUOUS DELIVERY, AND THE THREE WAYS
In this chapter, we present an introduction to the underpinning theory of Lean Manufacturing, as well as the Three Ways—the principles from which the observed DevOps behaviors can be derived.
Our focus here is primarily on theory and principles, describing many decades of lessons learned from manufacturing, high-reliability organizations, high-trust management models, and others, from which DevOps practices have been derived. The resulting concrete principles and patterns, and their practical application to the technology value stream, are presented in the remaining chapters of the book.
The Manufacturing Value Stream
One of the fundamental concepts in Lean is the value stream. We will define it ...
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