IEEE Software · 2016 · 75 citations · 0 references
ComputingInformation SystemsInformation TechnologyInformation Technology Project ManagementRequirements EngineeringSoftware EngineeringAgile PrinciplesAgile Software DevelopmentDeployment ManagementRelease ManagementSoftware Development Life Cycle ManagementSoftware Quality AssuranceDeploymentDevopsManual ReleaseRelease AutomationRelease PlanningSoftware Release Management
Wotif Group used DevOps principles to recover from the downward spiral of manual release activity that many IT departments face. Its approach involved the idea of "making it easy to do the right thing." By defining the right thing (deployment standards) for development and operations teams and making it easy to adopt, Wotif drastically improved the average release cycle time. This article is part of a theme issue on DevOps.