SRE Products at Scale: Product Launches


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Overview/Description

Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) often contribute to the launch of new products and features. These launches can occur in rapid iterations and at scale, so SREs need to be prepared to help them succeed.

In this course, you'll examine launch coordination engineering to build and release reliable and fast products. You'll identify the criteria for a successful product launch and how to develop and use launch checklists to reduce failure and ensure consistency and completeness.

Next, you'll outline the techniques used for reliable launches and how launch coordination engineers can help mitigate the repetition of launch mistakes. You'll investigate the production readiness review model used to identify a service's reliability needs. Lastly, you'll outline the characteristics of SRE engagement and early engagement models, as well as SRE engagement frameworks.



Expected Duration (hours)
1.3

Lesson Objectives

SRE Products at Scale: Product Launches

  • discover the key concepts covered in this course
  • describe what's involved in a product or feature launch
  • outline what's involved in launch coordination engineering
  • list the specific role requirements and responsibilities of a launch coordination engineer
  • list criteria to meet for a successful launch process
  • recognize what's contained in a launch checklist and outline best practices for developing one
  • outline the characteristics and benefits of gradual and staged rollouts
  • outline the framework of a feature flag and give some examples of feature flags
  • outline how to deal with abusive or upset clients
  • recognize the consequences of various overload situations and outline strategies to prevent them
  • list some problems launch coordination engineers may be unable to resolve and give some tips for their resolution
  • describe what’s involved in a simple production readiness review (PRR) model and how to set up, analyze, and improve the PRR process
  • recognize the various aspects of the SRE engagement model, including support, documentation, and consultation
  • outline the phases, potential candidates, and benefits of the early engagement model
  • recognize the characteristics and benefits of SRE engagement frameworks
  • summarize the key concepts covered in this course
  • Course Number:
    it_sredppsdj_01_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate