The term DevOps originated in Belgium around the end of the last decade, as a result of the so-called DevOps days. These days were meant to bring together IT experts from both development and management operations. A DevOps team was initially defined as a multidisciplinary team that is fully responsible for the management and CD of a service. Think of Amazon and Google as companies that use these kinds of teams; they release dozens of changes every day.
This way of working is not yet standardized in big organizations—ITIL and PRINCE2 still reign, and the Information Technology (IT) department is desperately trying to deliver services with value. The way in which these services are provided is difficult to maintain in the current situation where IT is still often seen as a cost item. This is caused by the following:
- The way of organizing organizations...
