Software Development has always mainly been comprised of two different teams, Development and Operations. As you may have already guessed, DevOps is short for Development Operations, a combination of these two teams. Historically, the development team would plan, design and build a piece of software before the operations team would test, check and implement the newly developed system.
After testing has been completed by the operations team, any feedback issued, bugs discovered or changes required would be passed back to the development team and the task would repeat until the product was in a completed condition.
This process between two departments who had very little communication was infamous for causing delays to the entire software development life cycle. In theory and increasingly in practice, by simply combining these two teams, you take down potential barriers between these two previously independent teams, as the logo for DevOps suggests, DevOps creates an infinite, continuous process.
The image below shows the optimal workflow of an ideal ‘DevOps’ team:
DevOps LifeCycle
Six Reasons why DevOps is Considered Optimal:
Now that we’ve covered what DevOps is, lets cover some reasons as to why I think DevOps could be superior to the traditional two department setup.
- Improved Collaboration: DevOps breaks down silos between development and operations teams, fostering better communication and responsibility.
- Increased Efficiency: Integration of development and operations effectively streamline processes from code development, deployment and management.
- Enhanced Quality and Reliability: DevOps emphasize continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), allowing for better test and feedback loops.
- Scalability and Flexibility: More monitoring and automated testing enable organizations to scale their infrastructure and applications more efficiently.
- Continuous Improvement: DevOps encourage teams to embrace feedback, experiment with new ideas and adopt a mindset of learning and innovation.
- Faster Creation: DevOps collaboration can lead to improved coordination, faster problem resolution, detailed updates and mutual understanding.
Now, I know this post may seem like I loooove the idea of DevOps, but there are equal disadvantages too which I will get to at some other point. Have a nice day!
“The code you write makes you a programmer. The code you delete makes you a good one. The code you don’t have to write makes you a great one.” – Mario Fusco.
