Understand what Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery really are — frequently merging and testing small changes, and keeping software always releasable — and why an automated pipeline makes change safe. Learn to explain CI/CD to a non-engineering audience and to tell continuous delivery apart from continuous deployment.
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What you'll learn
- Explain the purpose and benefits of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery to a non-engineering audience
- Describe CI as frequently merging and testing small changes, and CD as keeping software always releasable
- Distinguish continuous delivery (a human release decision) from continuous deployment (automatic release)
- Walk through the stages of a CI/CD pipeline — build, test and deploy — using a simple diagram
- Produce a one-page CI/CD Pipeline Explainer Diagram for a non-technical audience
Syllabus
Why CI/CD, and What It Really Is
Why slow, risky releases hold IT teams backFree preview
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery explained
The CI/CD Pipeline in Depth
Walking through a CI/CD pipeline — build, test, deploy
Continuous delivery vs continuous deployment — the last mile
Applying CI/CD to Real IT Work
Introducing CI/CD to a real team
Case study — why a small change still needs the full pipeline
Making CI/CD Stick
Building your CI/CD Pipeline Explainer Diagram
Common traps and CI/CD anti-patterns