CI/CD

DevOps, SRE, and the Delivery Feedback Loop

Connect a small versioned change to automated evidence, a controlled release, production reliability, and the next improvement decision.

Beginner13 min read
CI/CD lessonDelivery and reliability foundationsPractice

UNTIMED COACHING

Practice before the pressure

Use feedback to correct the model, not merely memorize an option position.

GUIDED PRACTICE

Practice the lesson questions

Answer normal lesson questions without a timer. Every answer includes an explanation, and incorrect answers can be tried again before continuing.

CONCEPT MODELS

See the lesson as a system

Use these visual guides to connect the key ideas before answering the questions.

Trace one change into a running serviceKeep the work decision, versioned source, automated pipeline, and running service as separate delivery roles.
Trace one change into a running serviceA delivery model connects a scoped work decision to a source repository, CI pipeline, and running service.
Work decisionDecision defines product value and change scope
Source repositoryRepository stores versioned change files
CI pipelineWorkflow builds tests and packages change
Running serviceService exposes the released behavior
Turn production evidence into the next decisionConnect a service signal to telemetry evidence, a reliability target, and the next bounded delivery decision.
Turn production evidence into the next decisionA feedback model connects a detection signal and telemetry evidence to a reliability target and next decision.
Detection signalSignal reports user-visible service behavior
Telemetry evidenceEvidence explains the observed service change
Reliability targetReliability defines an acceptable outcome
Next decisionDecision chooses rollout recovery or correction