The term DevOps emerged in 2008 in a talk by Patrick Debois, at the Agile Conference in Toronto and its main objective was to simplify and reduce the difficulty of interaction between the areas of </span >development, IT operations, quality engineering and security.
However, even before this culture was created (yes, DevOps is a culture), some companies already practiced the application in their teams, especially those seeking higher quality in deliveries and reduction of rework and communication failures.
As this culture grew, the name DevOps took shape and became more and more common. According to Gartner, in 2016, 38% of companies were already applying DevOps to their company’s internal teams and 50% said they would implement it internally by the end of that year.
What is DevOps anyway?
Before DevOps, the Developer, Operations and IT teams were separate and caused different friction between teams communication and tremendous failures in product delivery.
With the advent of DevOps, teams that worked separately became one, increasing delivery improvements and adding even more value to customers’ products.
“Everyone sees DevOps as a 7-headed bug, but it’s nothing out of this world.”
DevOps is a culture whose main objective is to facilitate practices within IT teams, improve communication between team members and bring continuous improvements such as the use of tools, best practices in the flows of deploys, with the intention of deliver more value to customers.
In a survey conducted by Gitlab, 83% of development professionals are getting their code out much faster and about 60% are getting a lot of implementation. more code in a single day after DevOps adoption.
The pillars of DevOps
The DevOps culture is supported by 3 pillars, without applying them your strategy with the methodology can go wrong.
- Icontinuous integration: transparency and sharing knowledge and experience between the Development and Operations teams.
- Continuous deployment: faster and more continuous release of new versions of projects, products and services< /li>
- Continuous feedback: frequent feedbacks with teams involved in all phases of project/product production</span >
Why have DevOps on the team?
There are numerous benefits of implementing the DevOps culture in teams, especially in teams that develop digital products and businesses. However the main ones are:
Security
Tools applied with the DevOps culture make actions get defined and completed faster so production happens immediately. After the tests performed, it is possible to guarantee operational safety with the processes.
Facility in proactive intervention
By starting to work together, teams find it easier to communicate and follow the project process from start to finish, giving team members the opportunity to collaborate on improvements in the process.
Collaboration between teams
As mentioned above, collaboration becomes one to the other and not just between a developer or an operator. The team starts to work together to improve deliveries and add more value to the customer’s product.
Simple and automated processes
The practices adopted by the DevOps culture aim to transform processes into something simpler and more automated, without a lot of bureaucracy, to make it easier for the team as a whole to work. You can see the stages of the project according to what the team does.
More speed and quality delivery
The DevOps culture comes with the intention of automating certain processes so that the professional can dedicate his time and energy to other demands of the project. As a result, the quality of the final product improves and the team is able to deliver more deliveries to the customer.
The Role of DevOps in Digital Transformation
Increasingly, companies that want to be more innovative and ahead in the market, are seeking and undergoing transformation processes to be more digital.
This is because this transformation aims at the growth of organizations through technology, to be more modern, more innovative and more connected with their customers, having automated and agile processes.
With that in mind, DevOps is an essential tool for digital businesses to achieve their goals and improve their bottom line.
Therefore, the role of DevOps is super important in this process to help the development, operations and IT teams so that there are better deliveries and more evolution in their daily work.
Article Produced by Lucas Mucheroni – DevOps at Agile Inc
