DevOps makes a faster delivery of
software or software products. It is now the main differentiator of
competitiveness. Agile plays an important role to meet the urgent goal of
accelerating the development process of an application through its very
effective iterative development process. By promoting this concept of iterative
and incremental changes, Agile development in turn accelerates the DevOps
process.
Very few people can understand the
guidance in the Agile Manifesto.
Valuing employees and individuals as well as processes and tools are critical
for being able to successfully implement the principles of DevOps. It
highlights effective communication and collaboration.
Many organizations suffer from
dysfunctional communication between employees which in turn affects the success
of the organization. Also, many people do not want to waste time in creating
project documentations that possibly may not be used by anyone. But they fail
to recognize the struggle of the new people when project managers move to
different locations without leaving enough documentations for reference.
Another challenging area is managing
change. Developers do not realize the importance of interacting with the
operations for the required infrastructure. Similarly, the operations may not
be able to predict the performance of new technologies. A strong teamwork is
required to overcome this and identify potential risks.
Clients and product owners often change
their requirements in the middle of the ongoing development phase. This is
mainly because as they see the processes being developed, they get a better
insight of what they actually require. These changes may also be induced due to
competitive pressure or change in regulatory laws.
Successful teams practice the agile principles utilize
its concepts to work as a well collaborated team.DevOps is based on Agile and
hence enables merging of new code with the main code base. With such fluid
characteristics, it empowers the present day developer to be a curious,
innovative and business oriented risk taker. DevOps is the
logical consequence after years of improvement in IT processes to respond
faster and better to business requirements.
DevOps brings order into the complex
world of development, testing and deployment. By implementing the Agile
methodology, it minimizes the distance between the independent teams and
unifies the approach to software development and delivery. It strives for more
collaborative and productive relationship between the development and the
operations team.
Implementing DevOps to accelerate and
innovate the development methodologies requires adopting the Agile
methodologies. For this the Agile
infrastructure is also required to provide the dynamism for the various stages
of continuous delivery and continuous integration. For being a true Agile,
teams have to develop and test faster as well as deliver products and
enhancements faster. Agile and DevOps are thus two sides of the same coin.
Conclusion:
DevOps has emerged from the collision of
the agile operations and an extensive collaboration and communication between
the development and the operations team. DevOps shares a very strong affinity
with Agile. Agile principles lay the foundation for DevOps which further
channelizes it beyond the code into the entire product delivery service.
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