What is DevOps?
The term DevOps is a combination of the words "development"and "IToperations" and comes from the fields of software development and system administration. With the help of shared incentives, practices, and tools, the aim is to achieve better collaboration between the areas of development, IT operations, and quality assurance, thereby optimizing software quality, error correction, and the time between completion in development and deployment in the production system.
DevOps can be combined with other techniques—such as agile methods, continuous integration, and continuous delivery —to further improve efficiency and innovation and increase the benefits for customers and companies.
The five fundamental principles of DevOps
According to John Willis, DevOps can be divided into five fundamental principles:
- Culture: Willingness to learn, constant flow of information, mutual trust, and breaking down isolated teams
- Automation: Optimization through automated workflows
- Lean: Avoidance of waste, transparency, and holistic optimization of processes
- Measurement: Uniform KPIs/evaluation criteria for quality assurance
- Sharing: Sharing knowledge, learning from each other, and clear communication
The advantages of DevOps
The use of DevOps brings many advantages, including:
- Faster delivery of software and services
- Optimized collaboration
- Faster troubleshooting
- Quality assurance
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