In this section we describe a collection of techniques teams can use to increase the quality, reliability and efficiency of their software delivery. By applying the principles to our current context we can adopt practices that help us stay on track, reduce waste, and deliver great outcomes for the public good.

The practices are loosely organized by phases of the software delivery lifecycle, in the knowledge that this can be iterative, and continue for the lifetime of the team and product.

Planning

• User Stories

Design

• Domain-Driven Design
• Standardised Design Artefacts
• Architecture Decision Records

Development

• Automated Testing
• Refactoring
• Building Security In
• Source Code Management
• Code Review

Delivery

• CI/CD
  • Continuous Integration
• User Acceptance Testing
• Defect Management
• Automate Compliance
• Definition of Done
• Continuous Delivery
• Automate Environment Setup

Operation

• You Build it, you run it
• Monitoring

Reflection

• Retrospectives