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Deployment frequency improvement

Increase deployment frequency through process improvements

Identify and remove barriers to frequent deployments. This activity helps you move toward continuous deployment and faster value delivery.

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Overview

Identify and remove barriers to frequent deployments. This activity helps you move toward continuous deployment and faster value delivery.

Learning objectives

  • Assess current deployment frequency
  • Identify deployment barriers
  • Design improvement plan

Instructions

Improve deployment frequency:

1. Measure current deployment frequency 2. List all deployment barriers 3. Categorize by type (technical, process, cultural) 4. Prioritize by impact 5. Create removal plan

Steps

1

Frequency baseline

10 minutes

Measure current state

2

Barrier identification

20 minutes

Find what blocks deployments

3

Improvement planning

15 minutes

Design solutions

Pro tips

  • Start with small, safe changes
  • Automate manual steps
  • Decouple deployments from releases

Example outcome

Deployment improvement plan targeting 2x frequency increase

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