References

The following individuals and resources have significantly inspired/guided this work:

• Gene Kim
• Jez Humble
• Jeff Sussna
• David Micko
• David Raymond
• Aric Aune
• Mike Nadel

Some important links informing the architecture along the way:

• http://www.slideshare.net/dstine4/jenkins-and-chef-infrastructure-ci-and-automated-deployment
• http://www.slideshare.net/bamdadd/automated-deployment-pipeline-using-jenkins-puppet-mcollective-and-aws?related=1
• http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/Maven+Repository+Manager+Feature+Matrix
• http://adamcod.es/2013/01/15/vagrant-is-easy-chef-is-hard-part2.html
• http://gettingstartedwithchef.com/first-steps-with-chef.html