For decades, technology and business leaders have struggled to balance agility, reliability, automation and security, and the consequences of failure are always significant. The effective management of technology is critical for business competitiveness. High-performing organizations are 2.5 times more likely to exceed profitability, market share, and productivity goals. The Agile & DevOps handbook shows leaders how to create the cultural norms and the technical best practices necessary to maximize organizational learning, increase employee satisfaction, win in the marketplace, enhance Customer / business delight and capture new business.The book has been written in such a way that the concepts are explained in detail, giving adequate emphasis on real-life examples. All the tools you need to an in-depth Agile and DevOps Self-Assessment Maturity model. Featuring 500 PLUS new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which DevOps improvements can be made.The real-time examples are discussed in detail from simple to complex taking into consideration the requirement of IT consultants. Various sample projects are included in the book and are written in simple language so as to give IT consultants the basic idea of developing projects in Agile & DevOps. The examples given in book are user-focused and have been highly updated including topics, figures, strategies, best practices and real-life examples, demos and case studies.You will explore DevOps process maturity frameworks and progression models with checklist templates for each phase of DevOps. This Self-aAssessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, Coach, Leader, manager, consultant, (Vice-) President, CEO, CTO, COO, CIO etc... - They are the people who rule the future. They are the peoplerson who asks the right questions to make DevOps investments work better. KEY FEATURES - The book is divided into the following sections: -600 PLUS Real-time Agile & DevOps interview questions and answers-Numerous Tricky Real-time Agile & DevOps Case Studies and Demos-Agile & DevOps all-Inclusive Self-Assessment Checklist for Maturity Model featuring 400 PLUS new and updated case-based questions-The state of agility-Different Agile frameworks (extreme programming, SCRUM, Kanban, crystal methodologies, SAFe, dynamic software development methods, feature driven development, lean software development)-Common Agile Product Development & Test Automation Myths-Dictionary of Tools & techniques of Agile and DevOps-Different Types of Agile Certifications - Tips & Tricks-Estimation techniques used in Agile and DevOps-DevOps, Lean, ITSM, Agile value stream examples-DevOps Implementation - Approach & Guidelines-Change Management Process - DevOps-Quality Management Process - DevOps-Get to know what are continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment-DevOps - Continuous Business Planning-DevOps - Continuous Integration & Continuous Testing-DevOps - Continuous Deployment & Release Management-DevOps - Continuous Release & Deployment Automation-DevOps - Continuous Testing-DevOps - Continuous Monitoring-DevOps - Continuous Customer Feedback And Optimization-DevOps - DevOps "Continuous Delivery" With In-Built "Quality Assurance"-Continuous Improvement - Agile and DevOps-Agile & DevOps main goal and challenges-Integrate recent advances in DevOps and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines-Diagnose Agile & DevOps projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices-Technical best practices
