Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment: A Systematic Review on Approaches, Tools, Challenges and Practices

Continuous practices, i.e., continuous integration, delivery, and deployment, are the software development industry practices that enable organizations to frequently and reliably release new features and products. With the increasing interest in the literature on continuous practices, it is important to systematically review and synthesize the approaches, tools, challenges, and practices reported for adopting and implementing continuous practices. This paper aimed at systematically reviewing the state of the art of continuous practices to classify approaches and tools, identify challenges and practices in this regard, and identify the gaps for future research. We used the systematic literature review method…

• AG
  Australian Government
• CS
  Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation