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Why Continuous Deployment?

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 15, 2009 Why Continuous Deployment? Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuous deployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months.

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On deployment

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Do the engineers understand what they are building? And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results. After an hour with a team talking dirty about deployment, youll know. Do they measure?

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How to Get Picked as a Speaker for The Lean Startup Conference

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So if you have advice that you think is relevant only to people working in established corporations, or only to government employees, or only to non-profit leaders, or only to innovative educators, or only to engineers, no prob—you can indicate that in your application. 4) I’m not a coder; should I bother to apply? Glad you asked.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

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Labels: iPhone , search engine marketing 3comments: Th.Khangs said. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition.

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Lean Startup webcast post-game

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Related articles by Zemanta Continuous deployment in 5 easy steps (4cloudcomputing.blogspot.com) The Lean Startup workshop coming soon (startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com) The Lean Startup Talk From Web 2.0 How many people - coders - do you think a small startup with a 6mm pages/month site should have?

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Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code

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As a fellow coder, I empathizes with you about having to throw away work that wasnt broken in anything but a business sense. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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The cardinal sin of community management

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Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. A person making a persistent loud complaint isn't a "troll," they're a person making a persistent, loud, complaint.

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