The Continuous Delivery Pipeline: The Pipeline that Keeps Giving. Part III
The 'system' for SAFe is the CDP -- the Continuous Delivery Pipeline. The system that keeps giving... keeps delivering continuous flow of business values. CDP has four elements: 1) The Continuous Exploration (CE), 2) Continuous Integration (CI), 3) Continuous Deployment (CD), 4) Release on Demand (ROD). Above the CDP is Portfolio Level where ideas/epics/initiatives (with Lean Business Case) are collected through the 'funnel' that goes through 'review' and 'analyze' states of the portfolio Kanban... next state is 'approval'. Those ideas/epics/initiatives that get approved, will go through the CDP. Portfolio Manager, Epic Owners and Enterprise Architect are key drivers. One element…