The Impact of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery on Software Development Efficiency
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.71222/pzvfqm21Keywords:
Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, software development efficiency, DevOps, automation, software qualityAbstract
This paper explores the impact of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) on software development efficiency. By examining the core principles, practices, and benefits of CI/CD, the study highlights how these practices contribute to faster development cycles, improved code quality, and enhanced collaboration across development teams. The paper discusses the challenges organizations face when implementing CI/CD, such as tool selection, cultural resistance, and security concerns, and provides practical recommendations for overcoming these obstacles. Additionally, it offers insights into future research directions, including the integration of AI in CI/CD processes, CI/CD implementation in multi-cloud environments, and enhancing security within CI/CD pipelines. The findings underscore the transformative role of CI/CD in modern software development and its potential for driving continuous improvement.
References
1. A. S. Mohammed, V. R. Saddi, S. K. Gopal, S. Dhanasekaran, and M. S. Naruka, “AI-driven continuous integration and con-tinuous deployment in software engineering,” in Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. Disrupt. Technol. (ICDT), Mar. 2024, pp. 531–536, doi: 10.1109/ICDT61202.2024.10489475.
2. P. Liang, B. Song, X. Zhan, Z. Chen, and J. Yuan, “Automating the training and deployment of models in MLOps by integrating systems with machine learning,” arXiv preprint, arXiv.2405.09819, 2024, doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2405.09819.
3. M. Virmani, “Understanding DevOps & bridging the gap from continuous integration to continuous delivery,” in Proc. 5th Int. Conf. Innov. Comput. Technol. (INTECH), May 2015, pp. 78–82, doi: 10.1109/INTECH.2015.7173368.
4. M. Soni, “End to end automation on cloud with build pipeline: the case for DevOps in insurance industry, continuous inte-gration, continuous testing, and continuous delivery,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Cloud Comput. Emerg. Mark. (CCEM), Nov. 2015, pp. 85–89, doi: 10.1109/CCEM.2015.29.
5. S. Garg et al., “On continuous integration/continuous delivery for automated deployment of machine learning models using MLOps,” in Proc. 4th Int. Conf. Artif. Intell. Knowl. Eng. (AIKE), Dec. 2021, pp. 25–28, doi: 10.1109/AIKhE52691.2021.00010.
6. S. A. I. B. S. Arachchi and I. Perera, “Continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline automation for agile software project management,” in Proc. Moratuwa Eng. Res. Conf. (MERCon), May 2018, pp. 156–161, doi: 10.1109/MERCon.2018.8421965.
7. M. Shahin, M. A. Babar, and L. Zhu, “Continuous integration, delivery and deployment: a systematic review on approaches, tools, challenges and practices,” IEEE Access, vol. 5, pp. 3909–3943, 2017, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2685629.
8. M. R. Pratama and D. S. Kusumo, “Implementation of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) on automatic performance testing,” in Proc. 9th Int. Conf. Inf. Commun. Technol. (ICoICT), Aug. 2021, pp. 230–235, doi: 10.1109/ICoICT52021.2021.9527496.
9. S. Garg and S. Garg, “Automated cloud infrastructure, continuous integration and continuous delivery using docker with robust container security,” in Proc. IEEE Conf. Multimedia Inf. Process. Retrieval (MIPR), Mar. 2019, pp. 467–470, doi: 10.1109/MIPR.2019.00094.
10. M. K. A. Abbass, R. I. E. Osman, A. M. H. Mohammed, and M. W. A. Alshaikh, “Adopting continuous integration and con-tinuous delivery for small teams,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Comput., Control, Electr. Electron. Eng. (ICCCEEE), Sep. 2019, pp. 1–4, doi: 10.1109/ICCCEEE46830.2019.9070849.
11. M. L. Gupta, R. Puppala, V. V. Vadapalli, H. Gundu, and C. V. S. S. Karthikeyan, “Continuous integration, delivery and de-ployment: A systematic review of approaches, tools, challenges and practices,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Recent Trends AI Enabled Technol. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2024, pp. 76–89, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-59114-3_7.
12. A. M. Mowad, H. Fawareh, and M. A. Hassan, “Effect of using continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) de-ployment in DevOps to reduce the gap between developer and operation,” in Proc. Int. Arab Conf. Inf. Technol. (ACIT), Nov. 2022, pp. 1–8, doi: 10.1109/ACIT57182.2022.9994139.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Shuai Yang (Author)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
