Continuous deployment principles do not fly in businesses where IT/programming departments are considered a cost center. We are seen as 'burning money' rather t

Continuous deployment principles do not fly in businesses where IT/programming departments are considered a cost center. We are seen as 'burning money' rather than 'generating money.' Our opposing view is: without our programs, we would go from 140 employees to 5000-15000 employees to handle the workload. My business's happiness is not about the IT department's happiness. It is about meeting quota. I'm a big fan of TDD (test driven development) stuck in a waterfall.