A deployment pipeline is the paved route from code to production. It makes delivery fast while building in the quality and compliance requirements expected of production software; it is a robust, secure path, not just a shortcut. section 13.1.1
When assessing the route, ask:
- Can teams provision and deploy applications without waiting on people outside the team? section 13.1.2
- Are the tools to develop, deploy, and support production applications readily available? section 13.1.2
- Does the pipeline apply production quality and compliance requirements? section 13.1.1
- Make new applications easy to deploy, but define domain boundaries carefully; low deployment friction can encourage excessive microservices and coupling. section 13.1.1
Energy Performance of Buildings Register
After the service moved to an internal team using continuous delivery, it improved continuously, with multiple production deployments per day. User satisfaction improved and costs halved. section 8.2.10
