Our world is highly competitive and rapidly changing. Organizations are often focusing more on speedy software delivery to meet market demands. It is important that software quality does not suffer in this process. Software development methods like DevOps are becoming more popular. They not only speed up the delivery of software but also maintain the quality and integrity of the final product. This blog will discuss how to build DevOps culture.
This blog is focused on the following points –
DevOps: Its importance
Relationship between Agile & DevOps
How can you develop a DevOps culture within your organization?
How to become an Azure Certified DevOps Engineer
Let’s get started with this DevOps Blog.
DevOps: Its importance
Let’s first understand the roles of developers and operations teams in software development to understand DevOps.
Let’s start by understanding the role of developers teams. They are responsible for:
Code execution
Software features
Security updates
Bug fixes
Developers are expected to consider ‘time to market. Developers may have to align activities due to time constraints.
Pending code
Codes from the past
New products
New features
After all of these constraints have been met, the product will be ready to go into production. However, errors may occur because the code that was developed in the development environment may not work in the production environment.
Let’s get to know the perspective of the operations teams.
The maintenance of the software in production environments is the responsibility of the operations team. Because software development is growing rapidly, IT operators or administrators are often required to manage multiple servers simultaneously.
There may not be enough legacy software or tools to manage multiple servers simultaneously. The operations team should make minor changes to the code to ensure it works in the production environment. These deployments must be scheduled on time in order to avoid delays.
Their responsibility does not stop here. The operations team is responsible for managing code changes and fixing errors as code is deployed. Sometimes developers may feel that they have delegated their responsibilities to the operations team. This is where the juggling begins as each team feels the other is forcing them to take on more responsibility.
Organizations may miss out on valuable information if they waste too much time in these exchanges.
Software tests are mandatory
Late feedback and insufficient transparency
Bug fixes delayed
If the two teams can work together,
Can break down silos within a team
Share your responsibilities
Start working together
DevOps is here to help. DevOps, as its name suggests, is a method that brings together the operations and developer teams to ensure continuous integration, deployment, and development of software. This allows for faster software releases and maintains the quality.
Now that we know what DevOps means, let’s continue to this blog ‘Developing DevOps Culture for Your Organization’. We will also learn about Agile and compare it to DevOps.
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Relationship between DevOps & Agile
DevOps and Agile are two software development methodologies with similar goals. This is to get the final product out as quickly as possible. Many companies struggle to decide which one to use. Sometimes, they wonder if these methods can be combined. Let’s explore their similarities and differences.
DevOps is a way to bring together two siloed teams for faster software releases. Agile, on the other hand, focuses on working with smaller teams to respond quickly to changing consumer and market needs.
DevOps tends towards hyper-releases. These can be as frequent as several releases per week. Agile, on the other hand, uses a sprint approach that can last from a week up to months and aims to manage a more established schedule.
Both Agile and DevOps can work together. They complement each other because DevOps handles Continuous Integration and Deployment to ensure fast release cycles. Agile, on the other hand, allows you to adapt to changing requirements and foster collaboration among smaller teams. They can work together to reduce the risk of developing a new bug.