Top Advantages of DevOps and Continuous Delivery
By Dennis McCafferty
Instead of depending upon disparate systems, there is only one repository for storing, versioning and tracking source code for quick and reliable access.
Automated tests for codes are written before the code itself. Teams initially focus on testing simple and discrete units of code, and then expand to more complex, integrated ones.
Automated reports help managers continuously improve planning, resource utilization, issue resolution and product and service quality.
Technologies and products are moved to cloud-based virtual environments, with software automation controlling server and tech infrastructures, scale and quality.
Internal software releases occur many times a week (or every day) instead of putting users through a three- to six-month wait.
When implementing software, you can launch more than 50 steps at a time through automation–steps you’d otherwise conduct individually.
Preventive actions are taken at defined thresholds, and downtime is reported to users within seconds, as opposed to hours or even days.
Setup and configuration typically takes less than 10 minutes end-to-end. Through traditional software delivery, such efforts take three to four weeks or longer and are subject to error.
Launch a change program that will articulate a clear road map as to how teams will work together, while identifying responsibilities, decision rights and process checks.
Don’t be satisfied with vague directives to, say, reduce release rollout time. Challenge teams to decrease rollout time from hours to seconds.
Teams should stay on top of metrics such as revenue targets, conversion rates, customer-engagement scores, product-quality metrics and time-to-market.