Honest assessment.
WHAT TO MEASURE BEFORE ADOPTING
Deployment frequency Time from commit to production How often deployments fail Time to recover Time spent on infrastructure
WHAT TO MEASURE AFTER
The same figures.
WHY THE LAST ONE MATTERS MOST
Containers are frequently adopted and then consume more attention than they save.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
Deployments more frequent and less eventful Environments that match New developers productive faster Less time spent on environment problems
WHAT FAILURE LOOKS LIKE
More time operating infrastructure Outages caused by the platform rather than the application Deployments requiring specialist knowledge
WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT
Simplify.
WHAT SIMPLIFYING MEANS
Fewer moving parts A managed platform instead of a cluster Fewer add-ons
WHY THAT IS NOT A RETREAT
The goal is delivering software, not operating a platform.
WHAT TO KEEP REGARDLESS
The images, and externalised configuration.
WHY
That part delivers value at every scale.
WHAT TO REVIEW ANNUALLY
Whether the platform still fits the organisation.
WHAT QUESTION TO ASK
Would we choose this again today?
WHAT TO DO WITH THE ANSWER
Act on it deliberately, rather than continuing from habit.
