Azure DevOps Accelerator: CI/CD MVP - 2Wk implementation

TL Consulting, an industry-leading Azure DevOps SME, aims to deliver a 2-week Azure DevOps Implementation to help you leverage automation of code deployment in a streamlined MVP, suitable to accelerate your CI/CD toolchain. This solution enables you to streamline collaboration, automate software delivery and offer scalability for faster, more efficient development and deployment.

Leveraging Azure DevOps, TL Consulting will help get your business on track to meet your business demands and accelerate and optimise your pipelines, with built-in controls and quality. For this implementation, TL Consulting will use our proven cookie-cutter methodologies and processes to enable.

TL Consulting, an industry-leading Azure DevOps SME, aims to deliver a 2-week Azure DevOps Implementation to help you leverage automation of code deployment in a streamlined MVP, suitable to accelerate your CI/CD toolchain. This solution enables you to streamline collaboration, automate software delivery and offer scalability for faster, more efficient development and deployment.

Business Outcomes:

• Accelerated Time to Market: Azure DevOps enables rapid development and deployment, reducing time-to-market for products and services.
• Improved Code Quality: Automated code quality checks and security scanning ensure that only high-quality and secure code is deployed to production, reducing the risk of defects and vulnerabilities.
• Improved Collaboration: Teams work more cohesively, breaking down silos for improved collaboration.
• Increased Reliability: Automation reduces the chances of human error in deployment, increasing the reliability of your applications.
• Visibility and Reporting: Agile and DevOps practices provide visibility into project progress, sprint planning, and team productivity, helping to make data-driven decisions.

Activities:

Week 1: Planning and Setup

Project Kick-off (Day 1):

• Gather key stakeholders and team members.
• Define the scope, objectives, and acceptance criteria for the CI/CD implementation.

Azure DevOps Environment Setup (Day 2-3):

• Create an Azure DevOps organisation/project if not already in place.
• Set up code repositories for source code.
• Configure branch polices and security.

CI Pipeline Configuration (Day 4-5):

• Integrate your source code repository with Azure DevOps.
• Create a basic build pipeline for continuous integration.
• Configure automated code quality checks and static code analysis.

Week 2: Implementation, Testing, and Wrap-Up

Automated Security Scanning (Day 6-7):

• Implement automated security scanning tools (if available in-house or from Azure DevOps extensions).
• Configure security checks and vulnerability scanning for code deployments.

CD Pipeline Configuration (Day 7-9):

• Create a release pipeline for deployment with approval gates.

Project Wrap-Up (Day 10):

• Conduct a project review meeting with stakeholders.
• Project handover and closure