Expand

Take what you learned and expand it in a structured way

Best Practice | Checklist

• Build upon and expand the Automation Core Team
• Define roles and competencies needed
• Designate a responsible person for the entire CI/CD setup
• Develop and document a network automation strategy
• Appoint a person responsible for the Automation Core Team and execution of the network automation plan/strategy
• Define and agree on KPIs aligned with the network automation strategy
• Implement a software development process and invest time and resources in automating tests and a solid CI/CD pipeline

☐ Person appointed with clear ownership and communicated mandate for driving automation

☐ A dedicated Automation Group has been established and ready to develop and deploy new use cases

☐ Automated tests and CI/CD pipeline in place

☐ Long term success has been defined and which KPIs to track the team’s success are agreed

☐ Test and staging environments in place

☐ A structured software development process is followed

Value proposition: Additional MVPs in production delivering incremental value, Increased capability for automating more sophisticated MVPs