Why DevOps Is So Significant That Organizations Are Investing In It?

In the era of information, organizations have a tedious job of maintaining the perfect blend of time, efforts, and output with the timely delivery of software. These components are critical for the growth of an organization; it also helps in measuring the success of the organization. That is the biggest reason for the companies to adapt to the DevOps and agile methodologies.

Unlike in any other conventional waterfall methodology, which starts from project requirement until the delivery of the project. Each stage is depended on the completion of the previous phase, which potentially delays the entire development process.

Like the flow mentioned above, many other challenges in the conventional waterfall methodology are rectified by DevOps.

So, what is DevOps? Let’s find out below,

DevOps Is Not A Tool Or Software

Yes, you heard that right. Many people in the industry are afraid of DevOps because they think that DevOps is not a strategy but a tool. That pains me a lot because incomplete knowledge can be very dangerous.

DevOps is a culture which helps us to adapt to foster continuous improvement. DevOps forms channels to integrate communication between the developer and the team of operations which in return enhances productivity and collaboration.

You can also define DevOps as a set of different processes which helps the team involved in the delivery of a product or software. It is one of the best ways to fill the gaps which are very common in the traditional waterfall method. Once you fill the gap, you will have more scope for improving the delivery, update, and efficiency of the software. That is the reason DevOps is gaining popularity in the development realm.

Understanding DevOps Lifecycle

Take DevOps as a loop of infinity. It is an endless cycle of continuous activity and efficiency. The primary target of DevOps is to achieve the following,

Continuous Development

It is a never-ending process where the process of development is divided into actionable tasks. With this, the development time significantly reduces which enable developers to deliver the application on time. Here in this process, the developer creates code via various automation tools and deploy the code to the testing team for bugs and error.

Continuous Testing

The Quality Assurance team makes use of automation tool such as Selenium and other open source tools that facilitate code re-usability. Software testing ensures that the software developed is error-free. Software testing is done at every level and integrated with other development components.

Continuous Integration

In the ongoing integration process, if your client requires any enhancements in the functionality of the application, you can add in this process. As I mentioned above, development and testing is an ongoing process; when the integration process is deployed, it is done to check if the additional component is disturbing the flow of other functionality of the application. During integration, we also check if there is any run time error.

Continuous Deployment

When you deploy the software from the development phase to the production environment, you must ensure that there are no production errors. We make use of tools like SaltStack, Puppet, etc. With these tools, you can quickly check whether the application is working fine in the production environment.

Winding It Up

Before I leave, there are some features of DevOps for you to ponder,

·        It ensures quick on-time application delivery.

·        It ensures more scope of testing at the end of every phase.

·        You will have more opportunities to improve your skills.

·        You will have 40% more time to market.

So, what are you waiting for? Start implementing DevOps in your process and grow seamlessly in the market.