"Savvy businesses are using the malleability of software and rapid pace of its development to drive greater differentiation. They’re using instant feedback from users to improve software continuously, and increasingly doing this through DevOps."
"2016 will be a big year for DevOps. Here’s how to compete."
Large enterprises will get onboard fully
"... after a few years of experimenting they’re starting to rack up successes."
- Small pockets so far.
- Not adopted widely yet, so releases still slow, inconsistent, expensive.
- However, C-level executives ... asking how they can leverage DevOps principles at scale.
- Success will require experimentation and a tolerance for failure.
- DevOps will be critical to legacy application modernization.
- Gartner says >25% of Global 2000 will leverage DevOps.
- In <5 years, DevOps will be the norm.
Standards will emerge
There are no absolute standards, so it's still considered risky by Enterprise orgs.
Security will increasingly become integrated with DevOps
There have been too man breaches to ignore the importance of integrating security into the DevOps framework. This means adding it from the beginning, which means including a spot for Security on the DevOps team
"At present, there are far more developers than application security experts, so security must coach DevOps on how to effectively and efficiently embed in current practices."
Key technology adoptions that enable DevOps will take off
Increasing automationAutomation speeds up cycles and reduces errors. It will also help ensure repeatability. Automation must "accelerate tasks, eliminate manual handoffs, and cut down error prone processes."
Decreasing latencyOrgs must identify and remove the biggest hurdles. Must identify the biggest bottlenecks in the delivery pipeline. "... major bottlenecks can still cause technical “debt” to build up earlier in the pipeline or reduce key resources further down in the pipeline."
Increasing visibilityContinuously assess and monitor applications at every stage of their lifecycle. "Key metrics include application user experience, health and availability of the infrastructure, threat and risk monitoring, which must be shared across the team through continuous feedback loops."
Job roles will evolve
Everyone must adopt new skills—technical and cultural. Developers must become more familiar with infrastructure, operations staff with code. Jobs will morph and evolve. This will impact business analysts, planning teams and even the C-suite. Teams will "become more horizontally embedded around products and services, and multiple roles will become part of the extended DevOps delivery chain."
