Any tips for software development teams who are setting up a new CI/CD pipeline in a DevOps environment? How do you maintain current software delivery speeds while getting automation processes established within the pipeline?

712 views1 Upvote2 Comments

Sort by:

CTO in Media6 months ago

Plan for issues by using multiple steps, and logging out information along the way.

Don't plan on pipeline _always_ working, you'll often run into issues over time as CI systems do internal upgrades, packages evolve, base images are updated, etc...

Ensure you have excellent visability/observability into the pipelines.

Then identify you're longest running steps if you're trying to optimize time.

Plan for evolution. If your team is not experts at this, plan for change. Do one project at a time, build expertise and confidence. Pushing a flawed template out to all your projects at once will just erode trust and slow you down.

Slow is smooth.
Smooth is fast.

CIO in Insurance (except health)6 months ago

See all work as work that benefit the business, get your business involved in your CI/CD pipeline so Automation processes become part of the current software delivery (integrated). The problem comes when software development teams do work/are busy with things not explained to the business. If it has no benefit to the business, why are you doing it?

Content you might like

Do you think that using AI coding tools can cause developers to feel less engaged with their work? What are some signs that this could be happening for a team member?

Who are the biggest proponents of using AI software engineering agents in your organization? Pick all that apply.

CEO13%

CIO38%

CTO13%

Software department leadership 25%

Team leads25%

Software engineers/developers25%

Someone else (comment to share)

N/A — no plans to use AI agents for software engineering

View Results

How has AI impacted your software team structure, if at all? Are you experimenting with any new team sizes or compositions now that wouldn’t have been possible without AI?

With AI adoption accelerating across enterprises, what do you view as the top information security challenge that leaders should address? How can CISOs, VPs and Director’s align governance, risk and security investments to enable AI innovation without creating new exposures?

Do you think Low Code / No Code platforms will result in fewer developer jobs?

Yes50%

No45%

Unsure3%