Category: Glossary

Dark Launch | Glossary

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Definition:

Dark Launch is a process where software is gradually or stealthily released to consumers in order to get user feedback and test performance . A go-live strategy during which code implementing new features is released to a set of the production environment however isn’t visibly, or only partially, activated. The code is exercised, however, in a very production setting while not users being tuned in to it.

Further Reading:Book: The DevOps Hand book by Gene Kim, Jez Humble,Patrick Debois.

SMED | Glossary

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Definition: 

SMED (Single-Minute Exchange of Dies) is a system for dramatically reducing the time it takes to complete equipment changeovers. The essence of the SMED system is to convert as many changeover steps as possible to “external” (performed while the equipment is running), and to simplify and streamline the remaining steps. The name Single-Minute Exchange of Dies comes from the goal of reducing changeover times to the “single” digits (i.e. less than 10 minutes).

Further Reading: 

Book: Playing to win by A. G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin