So You Want to Go Faster? A Journey to Continuous Deployment by Dan Davis

How frequently does a good agile team deploy to production? Not every team is capable of deploying "on every commit". What does it take for a team to even start deploying at the end of each sprint, or each week, or each day? More importantly, what is preventing YOUR team from deploying more frequently?

Most companies don't realize that deploying more frequently often requires both significant technical change as well as cultural change. In this talk, I'll guide you through what it takes to deploy more frequently. I'll draw on the unique challenges that teams must overcome at each step of the way, from deploying once a month all the way down to full continuous delivery. If your team has been struggling to go faster, come see how you can change to get there. And if you already are at full continuous deployment, come see how to go even faster than that!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dan Davis has operated at every level of the software development lifecycle, and is strong advocate of agile engineering best practices, such as test-driven development, DevOps culture and continuous learning. At Excella, he is a Software Development Xpert and currently leads the Verifications team at USCIS. He regularly speaks at Agile and technology events, including conferences like Deliver: Agile 2018, DjangoCon and Agile Alliance's Agile 2017. When he's not making automating everything in sight, Dan enjoys racing in triathlons, eating amazing food and spoiling his cat.

LINK TO RSVP OF LIVE STREAM

If you are unable to attend in person, we understand. Don't miss out though. You can RSVP to the live stream of the event below:

https://www.meetup.com/DC-Scrum/events/250411554/

AGENDA

6:00 – 6:30 Arrive, mingle, pizza, network
6:30 – 8:00 Presentation/Discussion/Game/Workshop
8:00 – 8:30 Q&A & Agile book raffle

SPONSOR & COSTS

DCSUG is free, thanks to our sponsor, Excella Consulting. Excella (http://www.excella.com (http://www.excella.com/)) is hiring! Check out the open job opportunities page ( https://www.excella.com/careers ). Excella offers DCSUG members a discount for upcoming Agile training classes ( https://www.excella.com/training ). Please contact us for the code.

CAN'T MAKE IT?

We meet monthly. So if you can't make it this month, hopefully we'll see you at the next meetup. Also, if you have an idea, game, workshop, or story to share with the group, then please contact the organizer to setup a presentation for a future meeting.