Reduce Cycle Time by Optimising Development & Deployment Pipelines

This standard mandates reducing cycle time by optimising development and deployment pipelines to ensure faster feedback loops lead to better decision-making and reduced waste.

1. Reduce Cycle Time by Optimising Development & Deployment Pipelines:

Faster feedback loops lead to better decision-making and reduced waste. This approach ensures that development and deployment are efficient and rapid.

• 1.1 Lead Time for Changes (DORA metric):
  • 1.1.1 Continuous Measurement and Improvement:
    • Continuously measure and improve Lead Time for Changes (DORA metric).
    • Automate the tracking of Lead Time for Changes.
  • 1.1.2 Metric Management:
    • Automate the tracking of DORA metric improvements.
    • Implement metric tutorials.
• 1.2 CI/CD Workflow Optimization:
  • 1.2.1 Bottleneck Removal:
    • Remove bottlenecks in CI/CD workflows, testing cycles, and release processes.
    • Automate the tracking of CI/CD workflow bottlenecks.
  • 1.2.2 Optimization Management:
    • Automate the tracking of CI/CD workflow improvements.
    • Implement optimization feedback collection.
• 1.3 Incremental Delivery and Feature Flags:
  • 1.3.1 Rapid Validation:
    • Use incremental delivery, feature flags, and canary releases to validate work quickly.
    • Automate the implementation of feature flags.
  • 1.3.2 Delivery Management:
    • Automate the tracking of canary release deployments.
    • Implement delivery tutorials.

By reducing cycle time, organisations can improve decision-making and reduce waste.

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