Safe Software Deployments: The 180 Rule
In my last post, I talked about the anxiety developers feel when they deploy software, and the negative impact that fear has on innovation. Today, I’m offering the first of four methods I’ve used to help teams overcome that fear: The 180 Rule. Developers need to be able to get software into production, and if it doesn’t work, back it out of production as quickly as possible and return the system to its prior working state. If they have confidence that they can detect problems and fix them, they can feel more confident about deploying. ...