Deployment and DevOps

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 13 minIT & TechnologyLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: walk a manager through a release plan — ordered steps with sequencing language, a named risk, a rollback with a time, and a deliberate timing choice.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Walk your manager through a release

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What sign-off actually requires

    Read a 220-word text about What sign-off actually requires

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: DevOps Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: The Release Briefing

    Steps – Risk – Safety Net – Timing, 4 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model briefings

    Read a 356-word text about Three model briefings

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: DevOps Terms

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Environments

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  7. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Deployment Discussion

    Role-play: Discussing a deployment plan with the team (6 lines)

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Brief your release

    3 discussion questions

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