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Continuous delivery is a software development approach in which code changes are automatically staged for production release. A foundation for modern application development, continuous delivery extends continuous integration by automatically deploying code changes to test and production environments after the build phase. When properly implemented, developers have deployable build artifacts that have passed a standardized testing process and can be deployed to environments as needed.

As your environment changes, new trends can quickly make your existing monitoring less accurate. At the same time, building alerts after every new incident can turn a straightforward strategy into a convoluted one. Treating monitoring as a one-time or reactive effort can both result in alert fatigue. Alert fatigue occurs when an excessive number of alerts are generated by monitoring systems or when alerts are irrelevant or unhelpful, leading to a diminished ability to see critical issues.

I recently had a call with a long-term customer who had been using Enterprise Alert for years without any major incidents. But in light of a recent proactive monitoring project, he also revisited Enterprise Alert and reached out to me to ask for my opinion on how he could improve the monitoring of Enterprise Alert from within the solution.