Bridging the Gap Between Development and Operations. Best strategies to prevent failures in DevOps implementation in an enterprise.
«Bridging the Gap Between Development and Operations»
DevOps is a culture, a philosophy that is being practiced by many companies around the world to increase the productivity, reduce costs, and boost the company’s overall revenue. DevOps as a philosophy is fundamentally a change of process—a paradigm shift. Now, such a change may or may not be acceptable to many. If this change is accepted, DevOps will succeed; otherwise, it will fail. This article attempts to highlight the reasons due to which DevOps can fail and the strategies that can be adopted to prevent such failures.
Applying the principles of DevOps—such as automated testing, integrated configuration management, and continuous integration—can initially become a challenge in any organization. Transitioning to DevOps in an Enterprise is a cultural shift; there are certain points that should be considered to ensure that this shift is a success. Many a time, this change can fail. But, let’s now go to the heart of the problem. Why can DevOps fail? Well, here’s a list of a few reasons why DevOps can fail.
There are many organizations that create a new department for preaching the DevOps philosophy into the organization. DevOps in itself brings in a change in the process and, if you again create a new department to bring this change into the organization without thinking of the impact it may bring in, this would be detrimental to the success of DevOps.
