CI/CD for Agile Teams - A Step-by-Step Guide
CI/CD for Agile Teams - A Step-by-Step Guide
CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous delivery) is a set of practices that automates the software development and delivery process. It helps teams to deliver high-quality software to users more quickly and reliably.
This step-by-step guide shows you how to implement CI/CD in your Agile team:
1. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: The Product Owner creates user stories that describe the features and functionality that the team should develop.
2. 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲: The development team uses tools like Jira or Rally to manage the user stories and track their progress.
3. 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Tools like Slack or Teams and GitHub or Bitbucket are used to promote transparency and collaboration within the team.
4. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Tools like SonarQube and DevOps are used to conduct static code analysis, trigger builds, and provide insightful feedback.
5. 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲: Tools like JaCoCo and JUnit are used to implement unit tests and code coverage. Jenkins and Maven can be used for build and deployment.
6. 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Tools like Selenium are used for regression and UAT tests. Nexus or Artifactory can be used as a binary repository.
7. 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Qualys can be used to conduct routine security scans. Terraform and Ansible can be used for infrastructure management.
𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗜/𝗖𝗗:
* Start small and gradually expand your CI/CD pipeline as your needs grow.
* Get buy-in from your team and make sure that everyone understands the benefits of CI/CD.
* Automate as much as possible to improve the efficiency of your CI/CD pipeline.
* Strive to reach the following key milestones of automation:
* Unit test execution automation
* Build automation
* Code coverage check automation
* Code quality check automation
* Security scanning automation
* Automated deployments with gating
* Feedback automation to production teams
* Binary storage automation into a repo manager
* Infrastructure setup automation
I hope this guide helps you to implement CI/CD in your Agile team.
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