The DevOps Handbook, 2nd Edition

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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 ...