CI/CD for Product Managers

📚 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. ...

📚 Table of Contents The Day Everything Changed (Or Didn’t) The Roadmap Your Engineers See The Three Lies We Tell About Fixed Roadmaps The Big Bang Release: Your Greatest Enemy Enter CI/CD: The Relationship Repair How CI/CD Actually Works (In Plain English) What This Means for Your Roadmap (And Your Relationship with Engineering) The Naked Truth About What Your Engineers Really Want The Business Case: Why CI/CD Makes You Better at Product Management Real-Time Feedback Loop Lower Risk Faster Time to Value Better Resource Allocation How to Make the Transition (Without Losing Your Mind) Step 1: Start Smaller Than You Think Step 2: Release the Grip on Dates Step 3: Focus on Outcomes, Not Outputs Step 4: Invest in Automation The Real Relationship Change The Drip-Feed Strategy: Your New Roadmap The Hard Conversations (Because They’re Real) The Day Everything Changed Again Your Roadmap Doesn’t Have to Be the Enemy The Final Truth Ready to Transform Your Release Strategy? Let’s Connect & Keep Learning Why Your Engineers Hate Your Roadmap (And How CI/CD Can Save Your Relationship) The Day Everything Changed (Or Didn’t) I remember sitting in a quarterly planning meeting in early 2022. ...