Feynman Bytes Ep 2: Release Management
59There is a big market for release management tools, and various takes on software release management process, but what really works? Release Management is a thorny problem. How can we apply the ideas of software engineering, continuous delivery, DevOps, infrastructure as code to this vital part of the software delivery lifecycle?
Most organisations struggle with the reliability and repeatability of this part of the software development lifecycle. In this episode of Feynman Bytes, Dave Farley explores the application of a more science-based approach to the problem of software release.
Feynman Bytes is an occasional series-within-a-series on the Continuous Delivery channel. Inspired by the philosophy of science of Nobel prize-winner, Richard Feynman, and the idea that we can apply this thinking to software development to strengthen our approach of software science, software design and software engineering.
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Useful Books on this topic:
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“Surely you are joking Mr Feynman” https://amzn.to/2LD8mMp
(If you are unfamiliar with Richard Feynman, you can thank us for this introduction to a first-class mind and fascinating character later - This book is simply wonderful!)
“Infrastructure As Code” https://amzn.to/2z39kPr
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