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Building Continuous Deployment Pipelines for Large Applications

Build a working method for continuous deployment pipelines that stands up to scrutiny and survives daily pressure.

  • 5training days
  • 4modules
  • 8sessions
  • 32topics
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Building Continuous Deployment Pipelines for Large Applications
5days

About the programme

Course Overview

Systems supporting continuous deployment pipelines fail in ways that are obvious afterwards and invisible before. Most outages involving this strand of technology and systems delivery are triggered by a change somebody considered routine. The programme builds the judgement to know which parts of the wider technology and systems delivery agenda to standardise and which to leave flexible. The method assumes participants will be challenged on their handling of continuous deployment pipelines and prepares them for it. It establishes a shared vocabulary for this area of technology and systems delivery so that teams can disagree productively about it. It suits anyone whose decisions touch the practice within technology and systems delivery, in large organisations and small ones alike. Field experience suggests that the barrier to better continuous deployment pipelines is rarely technical. Plans for this part of technology and systems delivery often fail at the handover point between functions. The course ends by identifying what the participant will stop doing to make this strand of technology and systems delivery sustainable.

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Document continuous deployment pipelines to the level a new engineer could operate it.

  • Manage change to continuous deployment pipelines so every release can be rolled back.

  • Apply data protection and retention requirements within continuous deployment pipelines.

  • Design the architecture of continuous deployment pipelines around its failure modes, not only its happy path.

  • Define the scope and boundaries of continuous deployment pipelines so that responsibility for it is unambiguous.

  • Present the case for investment in continuous deployment pipelines in terms that a finance function will accept.

  • Prepare a short, evidence-based briefing on continuous deployment pipelines for senior management.

Who Should Attend

  • Staff seconded into improvement work on continuous deployment pipelines.

  • IT managers and service owners responsible for continuous deployment pipelines.

  • Quality and test engineers verifying continuous deployment pipelines.

  • IT governance and audit staff reviewing continuous deployment pipelines.

  • Solution architects designing continuous deployment pipelines.

  • Compliance and governance staff whose remit includes continuous deployment pipelines.

Course Modules

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01

Continuous deployment pipelines: documentation, support and handover

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Monitoring continuous deployment pipelines from the user's point of view

  • Close out actions on continuous deployment pipelines rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
  • Configure alerting on continuous deployment pipelines that reflects what users experience.
  • Assign responsibility for keeping documentation of continuous deployment pipelines current.
  • Document the runbook for continuous deployment pipelines to the level a new engineer could use.

Session 2What to measure in continuous deployment pipelines and what to ignore

  • Inventory third-party dependencies inside continuous deployment pipelines and their update status.
  • Confirm the support model and escalation path for continuous deployment pipelines.
  • Set delivery and reliability indicators for continuous deployment pipelines the team trusts.
  • Define incident severity levels for continuous deployment pipelines and the response each triggers.
02

Continuous deployment pipelines: security, identity and least privilege

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Least privilege in continuous deployment pipelines without blocking the work

  • Rehearse the briefing on continuous deployment pipelines that would follow an incident.
  • Anticipate the objections continuous deployment pipelines will raise and prepare the answers.
  • State the availability and recovery objectives for continuous deployment pipelines as numbers.
  • Define the trigger that would require continuous deployment pipelines to be redesigned.

Session 2Dependencies and supply chain risk in continuous deployment pipelines

  • Reduce the variation in how continuous deployment pipelines is carried out between teams.
  • Test the failover for continuous deployment pipelines rather than assuming it works.
  • Agree what will be standardised in continuous deployment pipelines and what will not.
  • Confirm that contractual obligations around continuous deployment pipelines are understood.
03

Continuous deployment pipelines: capacity, performance and load

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Sizing capacity for continuous deployment pipelines on measured growth

  • Confirm data retention and deletion rules applied within continuous deployment pipelines.
  • Prepare the summary of continuous deployment pipelines that senior management will read.
  • Name a single owner for each element of continuous deployment pipelines.
  • Identify the single points of failure in continuous deployment pipelines.

Session 2Proving the backup of continuous deployment pipelines by restoring it

  • Plan the decommissioning of the legacy component continuous deployment pipelines replaces.
  • Review whether continuous deployment pipelines is aligned with the objectives of the technical platform.
  • Measure current load on continuous deployment pipelines and project it forward twelve months.
  • Assess the exit route from any cloud or vendor dependency in continuous deployment pipelines.
04

Continuous deployment pipelines: backup, recovery and continuity

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Making continuous deployment pipelines work when resources are constrained

  • Remove steps in continuous deployment pipelines that add effort without adding assurance.
  • Define acceptance criteria for continuous deployment pipelines in advance.
  • Review logging on continuous deployment pipelines for coverage and retention.
  • Plan the sequence in which improvements to continuous deployment pipelines will be introduced.

Session 2Reading the current state of continuous deployment pipelines honestly

  • Record the technical debt in continuous deployment pipelines and schedule repayment.
  • Review access rights on continuous deployment pipelines and remove what is no longer needed.
  • Map the handovers in continuous deployment pipelines between functions and secure them.
  • Check that continuous deployment pipelines still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.

Choose the package that suits you

Silver Package

At least 3 people

USD1,250
  • Workshop or Program Participation
  • Airport Transfers
  • Customized Badge
  • Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
  • Supervision & Secretarial Services
  • Accredited Certificate of Participation
  • Complete Training Kit
  • Coffee Break
  • Closing Ceremony

Gold Package

At least 3 people

USD1,850
  • 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
  • Workshop or Program Participation
  • Airport Transfers
  • Customized Badge
  • Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
  • Supervision & Secretarial Services
  • Accredited Certificate of Participation
  • Complete Training Kit
  • Coffee Break
  • Closing Ceremony

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