CI/CD Pipeline Explained: A Visual Guide for Non-Technical PMs
📚 Table of Contents The Friday Night Deployment Nightmare What CI/CD Actually Solves (The Real Problem) Continuous Integration: Catching Problems Early Continuous Delivery vs Deployment: The Critical Difference Visual Walkthrough: A Code’s Journey Through CI/CD The Five Pipeline Stages Every PM Should Know CI/CD Tools Landscape: What PMs Need to Know How to Talk CI/CD with Your Engineering Team Metrics That Actually Matter for Product Success Common CI/CD Problems and How PMs Can Help Your CI/CD Action Plan The Friday Night Deployment Nightmare It’s 6 PM on a Friday. Your engineering team just deployed a “small fix” to production. The CTO is already heading home. Then your phone buzzes. ...