Posts by Luke Marya

Pipeline Factory: An Iterative Approach to a Software Factory

Have you tried deploying a software factory and failed due to a lack of agreement across application and system owners? Have you faced difficulties due to stakeholder buy-in? If so, your organization may benefit from the framework surrounding a Pipeline Factory. In the rapidly evolving landscape of DevSecOps, the "Pipeline Factory" concept is emerging as a new idea for organizations aiming to enhance their Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes. This approach lays the groundwork for automating and optimizing your pipeline creation and serves as a steppingstone towards establishing a more comprehensive "Software Factory." By focusing initially on the CI/CD pipeline automation, organizations can significantly improve deployment speed, consistency, and quality across multiple projects. In this article, we explore the tangible benefits and strategic importance of adopting a Pipeline Factory and outline a clear path for evolving this foundation into a fully-fledged enterprise Software Factory. We discuss the various layers of this concept to give you tangible insights from actual implementations that work.

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