One of the important parts of any DevOps process is the regular release of working software. In Scrum, iterations tend to be only one or two weeks long. When you use Kanban you release whenever a reasonable package is ready – often multiple times a week. When you do that, you will inevitably see that […]
Read MoreIn Continuous integrations, all the developer work is merged to main branch several times a day. This helps in reducing integration problems. In Continuous integration we try to minimize the duration for which a branch remains checked out. A developer code gets early feedback on the new code added to main repository by using Continuous Integration. […]
Read MoreContinuous deployment can be thought of as an extension of continuous integration and Continuous Delivery aiming at minimizing lead time, the time elapsed between development writing one new line of code and this new code being used by live users, in production. To achieve continuous deployment, the team relies on infrastructure that automates and instruments the various steps […]
Read MoreITIL – Good Practice Framework ITIL is presented as “Best Practice” for IT Service Management which in turn is a proven “Good Practice” widely accepted and used in industry. Best Practice has a set of generic guidelines based on successful experiences of many organizations. These best practices are derived from Organizations past experience, Published Public […]
Read MoreScrum is an iterative and incremental Agile software development framework for managing software projects and product or application development. Its focus is on “a flexible, holistic product development strategy where a development team works as a unit to reach a common goal” as opposed to a “traditional, sequential approach”. Scrum enables the creation of self-organizing teams […]
Read MoreWomack, Jones and Roos published two successful books entitled “the machine that changed the world” (1990) and Lean thinking (1996). Both books address the revolutions in manufacturing represented by the Toyota production system of the Toyota Corporation of Japan. They compared this way of working with the traditional mass production system that was used by […]
Read MoreWhen one thinks about project development methodologies, the first thing that comes to our mind are the Agile software development methodology described in PMBOK® guide or PRINCE2® Manual. Therefore a question always arises in our minds, is another methodology really required? What is agile methodology? The answer to this question lies in the fact that […]
Read MoreDevOps cannot work independently. It has to be integrate with the existing frameworks. Software we create does not exist separately from the people who use it and the people who create it. Devops is about finding ways to adapt and innovate social structure, culture, and technology together in order to work more effectively. There are many […]
Read MoreDevOps is not just about culture or just about automation. All of the CAMS values enable organizations to bring DevOps principles and practices to life. The Three Ways are introduced in ‘The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, And Helping Your Business Win’ by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford. The Three Ways are […]
Read MoreFour Pillars of Effective DevOps Organization Culture DevOps is more of a human problem – implying that every organization will have a devops culture that is unique to the humans within it. While there is no one “true” way of doing devops that will be identified for every organization, there are four common themes that […]
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