In this episode, Jeffrey discusses how to design new applications for automated DevOps. Automating the DevOps process from Day 1 is part of the "Achieving Stability" pillar of the Clear Measure Way.

• Situation Once a software project or new application gets going, the focus tends to be on features. And once code is being written but not being deployed frequently, the team starts to slow down right from the get-go. It might be tempting to think that you don't need devops automation just yet. But choosing not to put in a particular process is implicitly deciding to put in a manual process. The first bit of code you have will end up being manually built, manually tested, manually deployed, and manually monitored. Then the team will work on more code and more code, and bug reports will start flowing in, and there will "never be a good time" to put in the devops automation.

• Mission The purpose of this video is to show you how simple and clear automated devops can be and how straightforward it is to put it in at the beginning when you don't yet have any code. Then, you never have a point in time where you have to "stop the bus" and "stop delivering features" in order to catch up with technical infrastructure that would have been so much easier at the beginning. Because along the way, automated devops causes you to design features just a bit differently. And if features are designed without devops automation, you'll have to retrofit later.

• Execution At the beginning of a new application, you need to think about 7 different areas of your DevOps environment

  • Infrastructure
  • Source control
  • Private build
  • Continuous integration build
  • Release management
  • Deployments
  • Runtime observability

  What you see on the screen is a DevOps architecture poster from Clear Measure. Lots of companies have used it. It clearly lays out the architecture of your DevOps automation.

  • Poster can be requested from www.clearmeasure.com

• Summary Companies that have adopted the measures and practices in the Clear Measure Way know the importance of DevOps automation and putting it in place on Day 1 of any new software application. I hope this helps you in your journey to establish quality, achieve stability, and increase your speed of delivery.

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