Vision
Focus, Flow and Joy — A team so aligned and engaged that focus is natural, flow is the norm, and joy is the proof that the work matters.
Direction
Move from a CI/CD pipeline that requires manual intervention, has disabled steps, and generates noisy commit history — to a fully automated, well-documented flow where releasing is a non-event and developers focus exclusively on delivering value.
Qualitative Description
| Aspect |
Current |
Target |
| Release process |
Semi-manual, requires local commands and tag pushing |
One-command or fully automated on merge |
| Build pipeline |
Docker build job disabled (if: false), incomplete |
All services build and deploy automatically |
| Pipeline clarity |
Archived workflows mixed with active, unclear canonical path |
Single, well-documented pipeline per trigger type |
| Deployment feedback |
Compass always reports success regardless of outcome |
Accurate deployment status with failure notification |
| Release history |
Noisy with repeated release/revert commits |
Clean, meaningful release commits |
| Rollback strategy |
None — manual terraform operations |
Automated rollback on deployment failure |
| Schema generation |
Duplicated across CI, deploy, Makefile, and startup |
Single cached step, run once per pipeline |
| Developer friction |
Multiple manual steps to release (version, changelog, tag, push) |
Developers only merge PRs; automation handles the rest |
Outcome Metrics
| Metric |
Current |
Target |
| Manual steps to release |
~5 (version, changelog, commit, tag, push) |
0-1 (merge PR or single command) |
| Disabled CI/CD jobs |
2+ (Docker build, terraform steps) |
0 |
| Archived/stale workflow files |
6+ |
0 (removed or consolidated) |
| Release revert commits in last 20 releases |
~10 |
0 |
| Deployment success accuracy |
Always "successful" (unreliable) |
Reflects actual outcome |
Process Metrics
| Metric |
Current |
Target |
| Lead time (commit → production) |
Undefined (manual tag trigger) |
< 30 min (automated) |
| Deployment frequency |
Ad-hoc, developer-initiated |
On every merge to main |
| Change failure rate |
Unknown (no accurate reporting) |
Measured and < 5% |
| Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) |
Unknown (no rollback) |
< 15 min (automated rollback) |
| CI pipeline pass rate |
Unknown |
Measured and > 95% |
