Agile methods promote a process that encourages frequent inspection and adaptation, the rapid delivery of high-quality software, and responding to changing circumstances rather than strictly following a plan. Therefore, automation is key for the success of the Agile release process. I recently came across a blog by Tech Guy Alon Aizenberg that nicely explains why continuous delivery is not only a best practice, it’s a must practice!
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Paul has a really great post about how agile development moved the bottle neck from development to IT operations. In chapter three of Paul’s “Agile Blind Spot” series, he shares his personal view on the disconnect between dev and ops, providing an example of a six month backlog of production deployment. Premature Optimization is about optimizing before we know that we need to do it, and although often applied to coding level, Paul feels that working on yesteryears bottle neck is just plain muda.
Fox Audience Network is an Internet advertising provider that leverages proprietary data about user preferences and purchasing to make more accurate connections. The organization reaches more than 150 million unique users and touts its ability to make meaningful connection with consumers. A big part of Fox Audience Network’s offerings center on machine learning and a rapid pace of change that is able to not only keep up with users, but also keep them interested. This is where the company needed to merge teams and capabilities for a devops implementation.
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