Continuous Integration + low-risk releases
The pipeline is built; the tests are sound. The next leap: small batches merged to trunk many times a day, deployment fully automated and self-service, and the release decoupled from the deploy. Result: ship multiple times a day with less risk than monthly releases.
CI + trunk-based dev
- ›Small batches > big merges
- ›Trunk-based development
- ›HP LaserJet firmware (2014)
- ›Bazaarvoice case study (2012)
Automated low-risk deploys
- ›Deploy same way to every env
- ›Smoke-test the deploy
- ›Self-service deployment
- ›CSG · Etsy case studies
Release patterns
- ›Decouple deploy from release
- ›Blue-Green + Canary
- ›Feature toggles
- ›Dark launch · Facebook Chat
End of the First Way arc
Module 06 closes the first half of the course — the technical practices of flow. You can now design teams (M03), build the substrate (M04), prove correctness fast (M05), and ship safely on demand (M06). The capstone exercise pulls it together: apply this to your own organization.
Final project
Pick one value stream in your own org. Apply the practices from M01–M06: org shape, environments-as-code, version control, pipeline, tests, deploy pattern. Submit a 3–5 page write-up + architecture diagram to pereira.giron@gmail.com with subject [CLOUDINTEGRATIONS]Final.