Rules to Better DevOps

• Do you know what the goal of DevOps is?
• DevOps – Stage 1: Do you know what things to measure?
• DevOps – Stage 2: Do you know what things to automate?
• DevOps – Stage 3: Do you know what metrics to collect?
• DevOps – Stage 4: Do you continually improve processes?
• Do you evaluate the processes?
• Do you know when to override branch protection rules?
• Do you know how DevOps fits in with Scrum?
• Do you have a DevOps Checklist?
• Do you know how to assign Azure DevOps permissions effectively?
• Do you know the best free resources for learning DevOps?
• Do you know why to use Application Insights?
• Do you keep Failed Requests clean?
• Do you know how to analyse your web application usage with Application Insights?
• Do you know how to find performance problems with Application Insights?
• Errors – Do you know the daily process to improve the health of your web application?
• Do you customize your DevOps board styles?
• Do you automate code reviews on GitHub?
• Do you know how to handle errors in Raygun?
• Do you do exploratory testing?
• Do you know how to report bugs and give suggestions?
• Do you use the best Code Analysis tools?
• Do you look for Code Coverage?
• Do you use Slack as part of your DevOps?
• Do you create a Continuous Integration Build for the Solution?
• Do you publish simple websites directly to Windows Azure from Visual Studio Online?
• Do you use a Project Portal for your team and client?
• Do you Continuously Deploy?
• Do you use the best deployment tool?
• Do you know that gated checkins mask dysfunction?
• Do you know the different ways to version?
• Do you understand the value of Semantic Versioning?
• Do you know how to name your CI workflows?
• Do you use enterprise secrets in your DevOps pipelines?
• Do you know which environments you need to provision when starting a new project?
• Do you follow semver when publishing npm packages?