SE 441: Continuous Delivery and Devops

A study of the tools, techniques, and processes used in continuous delivery and DevOps. Students will learn to transform an organization that uses traditional software release methods into one that embraces continuous delivery and deployment. Topics will include: the economics of DevOps and continuous delivery; the role of virtualization, cloud technologies, and containers; automated builds and testing; value stream maps; the essentials of configuration management; effective use of source code control branches and feature flags to manage multiple lines of development; organizational factors affecting the success of continuous delivery and DevOps adoption including: culture, team organization, collaboration, and software development practices.