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# Continuous Delivery

- Type: delivery approach
- Group: Integration and delivery
- Placement: Delivery / Release preparation
- [Source](<https://dora.dev/capabilities/continuous-delivery/>)

[HTML](https://dpm.cnonim.name/practices/delivery/)

Every change follows an automated path to a release-ready state.

## Relationships

- may use: [Blue–Green Deployment](/practices/bluegreen/en.md) (support)
- is built on: [Continuous Integration](/practices/ci/en.md) (support)
- automatic release extends it to: [Continuous Deployment](/practices/deployment/en.md) (structure)
- may separate activation through: [Feature Flags / Feature Toggles](/practices/flags/en.md) (support)
- builds on: [Deployment Automation](/practices/deployauto/en.md) (support)
- supports: [DevOps](/practices/devops/en.md) (support)
- relies on criteria from: [Definition of Done](/practices/done/en.md) (support)
- supports frequent delivery within: [Incremental Development](/practices/incremental/en.md) (support)

[Show on the map](https://dpm.cnonim.name/#practice=delivery&lang=en)