Identifying the maturity index for your enterprise

All enterprises must do a self-assessment to ascertain their current maturity levels. This is required to establish a current benchmark and then set the course for future improvements.

In this chapter, we have presented a simplified maturity model using three levels, namely Minimum, Foundational, and Advanced:

Figure 7.2 – Simple model to define the DevOps maturity level

The list of important practices or initiatives must be ranked using the maturity levels. For each higher level, the overall count of practices followed is inclusive of the practices of the lower levels. The Maturity model provides a good way to plan out your DevOps investments and initiatives.

The levels are indicative of the business outcomes that are possible for the enterprise. The higher the level, the better the alignment and outcomes on different objectives.

Let's assume that each capability area has about 10...