Avoiding Pitfalls and Diving into the Future

The DevOps movement has evolved and changed in many ways since the Flickr talk at the 2009 Velocity Conference. New advances in technology, such as containers and Kubernetes, have changed many of the core practices. New ways of doing things such as site reliability engineering (SRE) have changed the roles people play.

In this chapter, we will examine how to start incorporating the principles and practices discussed throughout the book so that you can successfully move toward a DevOps transformation or move to SAFe®.

We will look at some emerging trends that may play a major role in the evolution of DevOps. We will look at XOps, which seeks to incorporate more parts of the organizations into the collaborative approach seen in DevOps and DevSecOps. We will also have a look at an alternative view to the standard linear value stream.

We will also examine new technologies that have emerged that promise to change how we work. With...