Implement DevOps Practices That Work | Info-Tech Research Group

In today’s world, business agility is essential to stay competitive. Quick responses to business needs through efficient development and deployment practices are critical for business value delivery.
Organizations are looking to DevOps as an approach to rapidly deliver changes, but they often lack the foundations to use DevOps effectively.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

Even in a highly tool-centric view, it is the appreciation of DevOps core principles that will determine your success in implementing its practices.

Impact and Result

Understand the basics of DevOps-related improvements.
Assess the health and conduciveness of software delivery process through Info-Tech Research Group’s MATURE framework.

Implement DevOps Practices That Work Research & Tools

Start here – read the Executive Brief

Read our concise Executive Brief to find out why you should implement DevOps, review Info-Tech’s methodology, and understand the four ways we can support you in completing this project.

Implement DevOps Practices That Work – Executive Brief

1. Examine your current state

Understand the current state of your software delivery process and categorize existing challenges in it.

2. MATURE your delivery lifecycle

Brainstorm solutions using Info-Tech Research Group’s MATURE framework.

3. Choose the right metrics and tools for your needs

Identify metrics that are insightful and valuable. Determine tools that can help with DevOps practices implementation.

4. Select horizons for improvement

Lay out a schedule for enhancements for your software process to make it ready for DevOps.

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Guided Implementation 1: Examine your current state

Call 1: Discuss DevOps Readiness Assessment result.
Call 2: Discuss existing delivery process.
Call 3: Categorize identified challenges.

Guided Implementation 2: MATURE your delivery lifecycle

Call 1: Brainstorm solutions to identified challenges.
Call 2: Discuss possible team topologies for DevOps.

Guided Implementation 3: Choose the right metrics and tools for your needs

Call 1: Identify metrics that are useful and insightful.
Call 2: Conceptualize a delivery pipeline for DevOps.

Guided Implementation 4: Select horizons for improvement

Call 1: Make a roadmap for DevOps transition.

Author

Usman Lakhani

Contributors

Stephen Elliott, SVP IT Innovation and Decision Optimization, Sedgwick

Search Code: 75643
Last Revised: September 14, 2021

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