DevOps is the union of people, processes, and products to enable the continuous delivery of value to our end users. – Donovan Brown
The adding ‘Dev’ and ‘Ops’ refers to the two siloed teams Development and Operations. The DevOps team attempts to break down the wall that may exist between the two departments and instead have them working together with shared and efficient practices and tools.
The essential DevOps practices include agile planning, CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery), and monitoring of applications. DevOps is a journey that never ends. Think of it as an infinite symbol (∞) looping the following indefinitely:
Plan > Build > Continuous Integration > Deploy > Operate > Continuous Feedback > and back to Plan, etc.
DevOps Benefits
The DevOps union of people, processes, and products leads to many benefits, including Speed, Collaboration, Velocity, Quality and Security. Here are those benefits in more detail …
Speed
Organisations that employ DevOps releases deliver higher quality and stability more frequently. Automated tools can also be used to allow continuous delivery.
Collaboration
DevOps creates a culture of cooperation between the development and operations teams so responsibilities can be shared and work can be combined.
This should lead to a faster and more fluid way of working. Code can also be created for the environment where it needs to run.
Velocity
Increasing the frequency and speed of the releases means that new features can be quickly added and any bugs fixed. The faster the rate, the more competitive your organisation will become.
Quality
DevOps incorporates CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery), which improves the software product’s quality and reliability.
The team can also monitor the performance in real-time to ensure they are fully informed.
Security
Last but by no means least, integrating security into DevOps gives DevSecOps. DevSecOps has evolved as teams have realised that the DevOps model didn’t sufficiently address security concerns.
Rather than adding protection into the build, DevSecOps has emerged as an approach to incorporate security management throughout the development cycle rather than adding protection into the body.
Conclusion
We would love to hear if you are employing DevOps and what data development projects you have in the pipeline.
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