How would you assess how deployable a system is?

Here are some key ways to assess how deployable a system is:

Deployment Automation

• Evaluate how much of the deployment process is automated vs manual
• Look for automated scripts, configuration management, and CI/CD pipelines
• Assess how quickly and reliably the system can be deployed to different environments

Infrastructure as Code

• Determine if infrastructure provisioning is defined as code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Evaluate how modular and reusable the infrastructure code is
• Assess how easily infrastructure can be spun up and torn down

Configuration Management

• Evaluate how application and infrastructure configuration is managed
• Look for a configuration management tool (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Assess how easily configuration can be updated and applied consistently

Monitoring and Observability

• Determine what monitoring and observability tools are in place
• Evaluate how quickly issues can be detected a...