7 Secrets that Smart Businesses Don’t Want You to Know About DevOps

DevOps is a methodology that combines the separate and sequential processes of

application development and operations into a continuous and collaborative process.

To discover the secrets behind the use of DevOps, research firm Vanson Bourne surveyed 1,300 senior IT decision-makers at enterprise organizations across five

industry verticals in 21 different countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Secret 1: Most Companies Are Already Doing DevOps, or Will Be

Soon

66% of Organizations Either Have a DevOps Strategy or Are Planning to Implement It.

39% already adopted27% plan to adopt

18% no plan to adopt16% don’t know what it is

Secret 2: Customer Issues Are What’s Driving the Need for DevOps

What Drives the Need for DevOps?41% Need for simultaneous deployment across different platforms

41% Pressures from the business to release apps more quickly to meet customer demand

39% Need to Improve the end customer experience.35% Increased use of mobile devices

Secret 3: It’s Not Only About “Saving Money”

Only 16% said “reducing IT cost” was a key driver for their need for DevOps

… and Most Businesses Use External Metrics to Judge Success with DevOpsHow Will You Primarily Measure Success of DevOps?

49% External factors: increased revenue, faster time-to-market, improved competitive positioning, enhanced customer experience

38% Internal factors: lower costs, fewerbugs, improved efficiencies, better ROI, improved collaboration

13% Haven’t decided yet

Secret 4: The Biggest Obstacles Are People and Process

Top Obstacles to Implementing DevOps35% - Organizational complexity – people, departments,

interdependencies 28% - Roles and responsibilities across dev & ops not

aligned

Secret 5: Business Skills Trump Technical Skills

Top 3 Skills Needed for DevOps47% - Knowledge of business priorities/strategies/metrics

42% - Knowledge of current business processes 36% - Communications skills

Secret 6: IT Automation Is The Most Important Component of DevOps

There are many Paths to DevOpsWhat are the Most Important Components of DevOps?

IT automation – 52%Agile Development - 47%

Collaborative teaming between dev & ops – 45%Service virtualization – 42%

Accelerated applications testing – 32%Continuous release cycles – 32%

Aligned processes across dev & ops – 25%Pre-production performance testing – 4%

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