Guides
6 guides on software delivery. Practical writing from the team building Atlas, useful whether or not you buy anything.
The DORA measures describe the speed and stability of software delivery. They are useful when they are defined carefully and harmful when they become individual targets.
A hotfix is an urgent release that cannot wait for the normal schedule. Because it is rushed, it is also the release most likely to cause a second problem. A short, fixed process lowers that risk.
A version number is a promise about what changed. Semantic versioning promises something about compatibility. Calendar versioning promises something about time. Choose the promise your readers need.
Sign-off is the point at which a release stops being one person's opinion and becomes a shared, recorded decision. A good process is short, explicit and impossible to fake.
A readiness checklist replaces the question "do we feel ready?" with a list of things that are either done or not done. This guide gives a starting list and shows how to keep it honest.
Release management is the discipline of deciding what ships together, proving that it is ready, and recording where it went. This guide covers the whole cycle, from scope to rollback.
Ready when you are
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