Deployment Duration

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Discussion

Deployment Duration measures the elapsed time between a defined deployment start event and a defined deployment completion event.

The start event may include:

Authorization of the deploymentInitiation of a deployment workflowRetrieval of the first deployment inputStart of resource provisioningStart of installationThe completion event may include:

Completion of resource provisioningCompletion of installationSuccessful activationSatisfaction of applicable Acceptance CriteriaDeclaration that the deployed subject is operationalThe applicable measurement definition must identify the start event and completion event. Different event boundaries produce different Deployment Duration measurements.

Deployment Duration may include or exclude:

Queue timeApproval timeInput retrieval timeBuild timeProvisioning timeInstallation timeConfiguration timeValidation timeRecovery timeManual intervention timeThe applicable requirement or measurement procedure determines which intervals the measurement includes.

Deployment Duration differs from deployment effort:

Deployment Duration measures elapsed timeDeployment effort measures the labor or resources consumed during deployment

Definition

elapsed time between a defined deployment start event and a defined deployment completion event

Source

Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.

Note

A Deployment Duration measurement should identify:

The deployed subjectThe deployment start eventThe deployment completion eventThe start timestampThe completion timestampIncluded and excluded intervalsThe target environmentThe observed resultA failed or canceled deployment may have a measured duration, but that duration does not represent successful Deployment Duration unless the measurement definition explicitly includes failed or canceled executions.

The term does not prescribe a particular deployment method, orchestration product, platform, or unit of time.

Example

A deployment workflow starts at 10:00 when provisioning begins and completes at 10:18 when the resulting Infrastructure Environment satisfies its Acceptance Criteria. The Deployment Duration is 18 minutes.

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