The meaning of DevOps
Nirmal Mehta: DevOps is the application of process improvement techniques from the last century to our modern IT culture. If I had to offer a fuller definition, I'd say that DevOps is an IT operating model that focuses on using tools and cultural change to streamline and automate the delivery of IT services. It's modeled after optimized manufacturing models from the last century by the likes of W. Edwards Deming.
More simply, DevOps is transforming the culture of an organization into a mindset of achieving a shared goal, versus the tribes that are traditionally set up in an organization.
"DevOps is transforming the culture of an organization into a mindset of achieving a shared goal, versus the tribes that are traditionally set up."
—Nirmal Mehta
Viktor Farcic: Thanks, Nirmal, it's interesting to see how everyone has such different ways to define DevOps. So, what do you think is the difference...
