Mapping manual deployments with Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy provides a structured approach to transitioning from manual to automated software deployments, particularly useful for legacy systems or complex technologies. By modeling manual deployments through Octopus, users can benefit from enhanced reliability, traceability, and audit compliance, similar to automated processes. This involves creating a checklist of deployment steps, organizing teams responsible for each task, defining lifecycles to control release promotion across environments, and transforming the checklist into a deployment process within Octopus. The system allows for tracking and managing each deployment step, ensuring authorized completion and maintaining detailed logs. While the initial goal may not be automation, this process lays the groundwork, allowing teams to gradually automate steps, improving consistency and efficiency over time.