DevOps: A Game Changing Philosophy

The term 'DevOps' is now more popular than the 'Cloud' in tech talk circles. Use it and you'll instantly be credited as a technology genius. Well, maybe.

So what the heck is DevOps and how is it used? DevOps is a combination of two words: Development and Operations.

Many software development teams have their own DevOps department, focused on developing the code for managing the operations needed to get the software in the hands of customers. The need was to automate the operations with code to effectively manage a consistent process to deploy a software application from development to production. Too many issues occur without this automation in place. Hence a DevOps team.

But why stop there? The idea of DevOps opened the door for applying this philosophy for the entire software development process. If you haven't heard about the DevOps philosophy, this can be a game changing philosophy you can adopt for your team today.

DevOps is the way in which a technology team can work together to rapidly deliver stable, consistent & secure software to its customers. The development and operations example above demonstrates how using development processes and operations processes together helps to solve deployment issues.

The DevOps way is to organize product teams with employees from all divisions of your company: product, design, development, database, security & operation engineers. Working together, the team can rapidly develop and deploy faster, follow security best practices and be ready to respond to the traffic accordingly. Time is saved passing the ball around (and blame) and your engineers will love their job a little bit more.

The DevOps way breaks down the silos within your company, increases the delivery speed and fosters an environment of communication, collaboration and success.