Continous Delivery model

Automated builds

Artifacts are managed

Automated release notes

Full traceability

Delivery pipeline

Unit testing, mocks, stubs and proxies

Automated functional tests

Maintain test data

Adaptive test suites

Test in production

Commits are tied to tasks

Release train branching strategy

Version numbers matter

Use distributed VCS

Pristine integration branch

One Team

Automated deployment

Access to production-like environments

Infrastructure as code

Live monitoring and feedback

Code metrics

Testable code

Dependencies are managed

Individually releasable components

Full audit trail in production

Agile process

Buy-in from management

Tasks are groomed

Designated roles

Explicit knowledge transfer