The dream of DevOps and CI/CD in today's software world is to get to a point where teams can deploy to production multiple times a day. However, this may not be feasible or necessary for all applications. Automation is not about speed of release, but about ensuring a smooth, painless operation. When teams are getting ready to deploy to production, they need to consider dependencies, legacy code, and internal systems that may be impacted. In this session, attendees will learn about achieving realistic production goals along with the approaches used to deploying faster, automating deployments safely and efficiently, and aligning their DevOps teams for CI/CD optimisation.