Pipelines are dead

Everyone has pipelines, and they are an essential part of our software delivery cycle. We can’t talk about software delivery without talking about the nitty gritty of pipelines. But I think, and what I’ve seen in many places is that we are focussing on the wrong things. Pipelines are dead ..

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1. Pipelines are Dead
   Hibri Marzook - Principal Consultant, Contino
   @hibri
   

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   The software delivery pipeline
   

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3. In the wild..
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   In the wild..
   

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4. We don’t use the pipeline to learn
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5. Good pipelines can encourage bad behaviour
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6. It’s in Staging !!
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7. The pipeline keeps us busy
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8. We use pipelines as a one
   way flow of information
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10. Our use of pipelines encourages silos
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11. Pipelines reflect the culture
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    Conway’s Law
    “Organisations which design systems pipelines are constrained to
    produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of
    these organisations”
    

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12. The pipeline should reflect
    a better way of working
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13. Got Continuous Delivery,
    but are you happy?
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14. Focus on Feedback Loops and Not
    on Pipelines
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15. The Simplest Feedback Loop is a Conversation
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16. Devs are happy when they
    see people using what they
    built
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    Deployments and releases are a trigger to get feedback
    

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18. Get to Real Users Quicker. Only Prod Matters
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    https://twitter.com/copyconstruct/status/974530841190608897
    

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19. Optimize Feedback Loops, Not Pipelines
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20. The future of software delivery
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21. We need feedback loops to
    build resilience
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24. Pipelines are dead.
    Long live feedback loops!
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25. Questions?
    @hibri
    hibri.marzook@contino.io
    

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26. Thank you
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