5 Myths About DevOps Busted

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5 Myths About DevOps Busted

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DevOps as a service complements the Agile Software Methodology by promoting the communication and collaboration

between Development, Quality Assurance and Operations, thereby enhancing the IT Organization’s Capabilities in

accommodating rapid changes to Production and Remediating Production Issues as they occur.

But, most of the time, the Core Principle about DevOps is not understood properly. Some of general Misconception/Myth

that are associated with DevOps are:

1. Operations + Development = DevOps:

Combining team members from Operation and Development can establish a DevOps operation. This is just a myth. The

fact is DevOps is a combination of Processes and Practices that are adopted for the entire delivery pipeline and covers

various stakeholders, where two key practices are adopted such as Continues Integration (CI) and Continues Delivery

(CD).

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2. Complete Automation is DevOps:

DevOps is all about Completely Automating the Build and Release Process. Automation in DevOps forms an integral part

of the process, but implementation of Automation is not the only activity associated with DevOps. In DevOps, Process

Automation is achieved by using tools such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Etc., which are available in the market. It has to be

noted that Implementation of Automation should be limited to an extent where it remains under control. Implementation of

Complex Automation Scripts in Complex Server can simply end up as a road block, rather than being a solution.

3. DevOps is a Tool:

Implementation of Configuration Management Tools is DevOps. Actually, DevOps has nothing to do with tools

implementation. It is just part of the process and as said earlier it helps in Process Automation. Experts often feel that tools

in reality undermine the DevOps potential. Automation and Tools form only part of DevOps and the core remains with

combining and increasing end-to-end practices of collaboration with CI or CD.




4. No More Traditional IT Roles with DevOps

Each and every role needs to be handled by all the members of a DevOps Team Eliminating any Individual Roles. The real

objective of DevOps is to Eliminate the collaboration barrier and not to ask everyone to work by adopting to roles. To make

the Support Operation Effective, Specialized Skills and Traditional Roles are valuable for DevOps.

5. DevOps needs a Dedicated Team:

DevOps requires a dedicated DevOps team. This is not true and DevOps gives more importance to the processes rather

than focusing on a dedicated team or dedicated role. There are some occasions when the mission of the DevOps team in

not defined properly and having a dedicated team leads to more problems. There are even occasions when a temporary

DevOps team makes more sense to help streamlining processes.



The fact remains that DevOps as a concept is still evolving and it is bound to get buried under myths. All efforts should be

directed towards bursting these misconceptions and align organizational goals with the DevOps principles to maximize

ROI.

KARYA’s DevOps Offerings:

Our versatile team of DevOps professionals include top-notch Architects, Automation & Integration Specialists, Application

Architects, Open Source Technologists, Cloud Orchestrators, System & Database Administrators, Quality Assurance

Professionals, Build / Release / Deployment Managers can help you improve Code Quality, Integrate Continuously, and

Deliver Faster. To find out more about KARYA’s approach to achieve Continuous Software Delivery CLICK HERE.


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(About the Author:- Praveen Kumar Rajendran works as a Senior Consultant- Presales at KARYA Technologies. He holds

Masters’ Degree in International Business from La Trobe University and has wide experience in Business Consulting on

various technologies. He loves to write on latest trends in IT and his areas of interest include Mobility, Cloud and Enterprise

Solutions.)


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