In this write-up, I have tried to
analyses the silent features of DevOps and Will it leads to revolution in IT
industry or will turn up another ‘so called’ process improvement on shelf.
The core feature which is
attracting industry to give a thought for DevOps is about its basics which is
based on professional principles that helps business unit’s smooth
collaboration. This basic feature was developed with collaboration of multidisciplinary skill-set
people who are comfortable with software development, infrastructure and
configuration such as system admin, tester and coder.
The DevOps movement is still in
its infancy, but its gathering pace - there are conferences, mailing lists, irc
channels, blogs and people to get to know.
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Courtesy of http://www.thedevlog.com
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Core concept at glance:-
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It encourage the development of communication
skills, understanding of the domain in which the software is being written,
and, crucially, a sensitivity and passion for the underlying business, and for
ensuring it succeeds.
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The DevOps culture puts a focus on creating a
fast and stable work flow through development and IT operations. One main goal of DevOps is to deploy features
into production quickly and to detect and correct problems when they occur,
without disrupting other services.
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It helps technical people feel empowered and
capable of helping in all area. It infuses better reliability and availability,
happier clients, faster time to market, and more time to focus the team's
energy on core business rather than wasteful administration and firefighting.
Conclusion
DevOps is more of cultural shift
in fast moving technology space where dependency and dark spot barrier can be
minimized across the project life cycle since the goal of each individual in
project is to deliver successful stable product to production. But at the same
time it should not blur the identity of programmer as programmer, tester and
deployment expert respectively. Operations people can learn development too, but again,
nothing beats experience.
It is also important to keep in
mind that you can’t force cultural change. It has to start from the bottom up,
and it needs breathing room to grow.
It should not been seen as tool
to save cost but more of easy, trustworthy flow of knowledge, helping hand
across the teams. Using “DevOps” to save money by reducing staff will blow up
in your face.
References:-
ITONE magazine
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